· Turkish alphabet consists of 29 letters - 8 vowels and 21 consonants.
· Each letter has exactly one associated sound which never changes.
· Three letters of the English alphabet are missing in the Turkish alphabet.
o (Q-q)
o (W-w)
o (X-x)
· There are six additional characters not found in the English alphabet.
o (Ç-ç)
o (Ğ-ğ)
o (I-ı)
o (İ-i)
o (Ö-ö)
o (Ş-ş)
o (Ü-ü)
The letters of Turkish alphabet and the sounds associated with these are in the following table...
Letter
Pronunciation
A, a
like the a in car
B, b
like the b in bet
C, c
like the g in gender
Ç, ç
like the ch in chance
D, d
like the d in debt
E, e
like the e in less
F, f
like the f in felony
G, g
like the g in game
Ğ, ğ
this is a very weak sound, not pronouncing at all will be ok
H, h
like the h in hello
I, ı
like the e in halted
İ, i
like the ee in keen
J, j
like the ge in garage
K, k
like the k in kelly
L, l
like the l in lamb
M, m
like the m in man
N, n
like the n in neighbor
O, o
like the a in ball
Ö, ö
like the u in urge
P, p
like the p in pen
R, r
like the r in rent
S, s
like the s in send
Ş, ş
like the sh in shed
T, t
like the t in tennis
U, u
like the oo in good
Ü, ü
like the u in nude
V, v
like the v in vent
Y, y
like the y in yes
Z, z
like the z in zen
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