Tatar Braille

The braille alphabet used for the Tatar language is based on Russian Braille, with several additional letters found in the print Tatar alphabet.

Tatar Braille
Type	alphabet
Languages	Tatar
Parent systems	Braille Russian Braille Tatar Braille
Print basis	Tatar alphabet

Alphabet

Tatar uses all of the letters of the Russian alphabet, though some just in loans, and has the additional letters ә, җ, ң, һ, ө, ү.

Print	а a	ә ä	б b	в v/w	г g/ğ	д d	е e	ё yo	ж j	җ c	з z	и i	й y
Braille
Print	к k/q	л l	м m	н n	ң ñ	о o	ө ö	п p	р r	с s	т t	у u	ү ü
Braille
Print	ф f	х x	һ h	ц c	ч ç	ш ş	щ şş	ъ ”	ы ı	ь ’	э é	ю yu	я ya
Braille

Punctuation

Single punctuation:

Print	,	.	?	!	;	:
Braille

Paired punctuation:

Tatar Braille is reported to use the Russian arithmetical parentheses ⠣⠀⠜.

Print	« ...... »	( ...... )
Braille

Formatting

italics	capital	number

References

• UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.