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Turkish Braille

Turkish Braille (kabartma yazı) is the braille alphabet of the Turkish language.

Turkish Braille follows international usage. The vowels with diacritics, ö and ü, have their French/German forms, whereas the consonants with diacritics, ç, ğ, and ş, have the forms of the nearest English approximations, ch, gh, and sh. Dotless i is derived by shifting down.

The accent point, , is used for â, î, û. Point is used for capitals.

Punctuation and arithmetical signs are as follows:

is perhaps related to in Irish Braille, which marks a new line of verse.

For quotations, the dash — is used differently from inverted commas “...”, for example when transcribing short turns in dialog.

Azeri (Azerbaijani) Braille adds the letters x and q with their international forms and . These letters are used in Azeri Braille, or in the case of Turkish Braille, in foreign words. w is only used for foreign words in both Turkish and Azeri Braille. Azeri Braille uses the accent mark to derive print ə (formerly ä) from a.[unreliable source?]

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