Alfabe (Alphabet)
İngiliz Alfabesi (English Alphabet)
A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z
Türk Alfabesi (Turkish Alphabet)
A a B b C c Ç ç D d E e F f G g Ğ ğ H h I ı İ i J j K k L l M m N n O o Ö ö P p R r S s Ş ş T t U u Ü ü V v Y y Z z
There are 29 letters in the Turkish alphabet : 8 vowels ( a, e, o, ö, u, ü, ı, i ) and 21 consonants.
| A , a | Anne (mother) | as in : cut, come, other, cup, bun, truck |
| B , b | Baba (father) | bad, bus, big, beautiful |
| C , c | Cadde (street) | jelly, jam, jar, John |
| Ç , ç | Çocuk (child) | chocolate, church, change |
| D , d | Dede (grandfather) | do, dear, did, dare |
| E , e | Elma (apple) | test, red, net, bed |
| F , f | Fermuar (zipper) | fine, feet, effort, find |
| G , g | Gün (day) | get, goat, go, egg |
| Ğ , ğ | Dağ (mountain) | neighbour, weight |
| H , h | Hava(air) | how, help, house, hard |
| I , ı | Isı (heat) | wanted, cousin, bacon, butter |
| İ , i | İş (work) | free, it, feet, free, sit |
| J , j | Jöle (jelly) | leisure, pleasure, measure |
| K , k | Kardeş (sibling) | king, kite, cat, cold |
| L , l | Leylek (crane) | lock, love, lilac, lorry |
| M , m | Masa (table) | man, moon, me, mine |
| N , n | Nem (moisture) | no, nine, noon, name |
| O , o | Oyun (game) | no, for, poet |
| Ö , ö | Ördek (duck) | bird, dirt, girl, sir ( as in French "deux", in German "ö") |
| P , p | Para (money) | pie, pen, paper, pebble |
| R , r | Resim (picture) | red, ribbon, round |
| S , s | Sabah (morning) | send, sea, decide, sing |
| Ş , ş | Şahit (witness) | shade, she, ash, sharp |
| T , t | Turşu (pickle) | tell, tea, tie, tin |
| U , u | Uçak (plane) | book, pull, put, foot |
| Ü , ü | Üzüm (grape) | New ( as in French "tu", "sur", in German "Düsseldorf") |
| V , v | Vazo (vase) | vase, vision, volume, value |
| Y , y | Yoğurt (yogurt) | yogurt, yes, yet, year, you |
| Z , z | Zil (bell) | zero, zoo, horizon, zone |
NOTES:
The English letters q, x, w are not found in the Turkish alphabet. The x sound is written ks in some words taken from other languages :
|
taksi = taxi |
and |
ekspres = express |
Ğ , ğ has no distinct pronunciation; it is not pronounced as an independent letter. It is always preceded by a vowel and it lengthens the vowel coming before it. So it makes the preceding vowel longer ( e.g. "yoğurt" pronounced as /yoourt/ or "yağmur" pronounced as /yaamur/ ).
If the vowel following ğ is u , in this case, both vowels are distinctly heard : ( e.g. soguk )
If it is followed as well as preceded by the vowels e, i, o, u, it resembles a weak y ( e.g. iğne /iyne/ )
Turkish is generally pronounced the same way as it is written.
In Turkish, each letter stands for a single sound, so generally each letter is pronounced.
Turkish words are generally stressed on the last syllable.
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