The Turkish Alphabet and Pronunciation
Published August 31st, 2020 and viewed 1881 times.
The Turkish Alphabet is a Latin-script alphabet that has 29 letters. 21 consonants and 8 vowels. For over a thousand years The Turkish was written in the Arabic alphabet. For this reason, it's rich in loanwords, a great amount of Arabic and Persian vocabulary blended with Turkish words.
The Sounds of The Turkish Letters
Letters |
Pronunciation |
|
| A - a | as "a" in Car - Sun - Father | Never like Apple |
| B - b | as "b" in Bee - Book | |
| C - c | as "J" in Jam - Jar - Jimmy | |
| Ç - ç | as "ch" in Check - Chat | |
| D - d | as "d" in Door - Duck | |
| E - e | Bet - Apple - Tell | Never like Feet |
| F - f | as "f" in Feel - Fight | |
| G - g | as "g" in Go - Gun | Never like Gentle |
| Ğ - ğ | Not pronounced - It lengthens preceding vowel slightly - as "gh" in Weight - Light | No word starts with Ğ. |
| H - h | as "h" in Hot - Hello | Never silent. |
| I - ı | Like the first "e" of Silence or Brother | |
| İ - i | Feet - Bee - Like the first "e" in Teacher | Never like "Island" or "Iron" |
| J - j | Pleasure - Like zh. or z in Azure | |
| K - k | King - Kind - Cake | |
| L - l | Let - Lemon | |
| M - m | Memory - Madam | |
| N - n | Nelly - Nice | |
| O - o | More - For | |
| Ö - ö | Bird - German - Dirt - Turn | |
| P - p | Pad - Pepper | |
| R - r | Red - Remove - Rap | |
| S - s | Sam - Sand - Sun | |
| Ş - ş | Like "sh" - Fish - Finish - Dish | |
| T - t | Ten - Time - Turn | |
| U - u | Like "oo" - Blue - Cool - Glue | |
| Ü - ü | Like German "ü" (München) - New - Few | |
| V - v | Victor - View - Volt | |
| Y - y | Yes - You - Yummy | Y is never like "why" |
| Z - z | Zip - Zoom - Zen |
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