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. - (Q-q)
- (W-w)
- (X-x)
There are seven additional characters not found in the English alphabet. - (Ç-ç)
- (Ğ-ğ)
- (I-ı)
- (İ-i)
- (Ö-ö)
- (Ş-ş)
- (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 | |
