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How to read this letter in Azeri : ə
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12 Jan 2013 Sat 01:59 pm |
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Hot to read ə in Azeri?
And:
Q?
X?
Thank´s in advance.
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12 Jan 2013 Sat 02:30 pm |
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Hot to read ə in Azeri?
And:
Q?
X?
Thank´s in advance.
This is the whole list of Azerbaijani Alphabet and pronouncations.
Əlifba
| Letter | Name of
the letter | IPA | Pronunciation of the letter (English approximation) |
| A a |
a |
ɑ |
Like a in father |
| B b |
be |
b |
Like b in bad. |
| C c |
ce |
ʤ |
Like j in jump. |
| Ç ç |
çe |
tʃ |
Like ch in church. |
| D d |
de |
d |
Like d in duck, but slightly softer. |
| E e |
e |
e |
Like e in ten. |
| Ə ə |
ə |
æ |
Like a in cat. |
| F f |
fe |
f |
Like f in four. |
| G g |
ge |
g´ |
Like g in goal. |
| Ğ ğ |
yumuşaq ge |
ɣ |
You never find these at the beginning of words because they are always preceded by vowels. Has no exact English equivalent. It is sort of similar to the Arabic ﻍ. |
| H h |
he |
h |
Same as the English. |
| X x |
xe |
x |
Like the ch in loch. |
| I ı |
ı |
ɯ |
Has no exact English equivalent. Somewhat similar io in nation. |
| İ i |
i |
ɪ |
Like y in berry. |
| J j |
je |
ʒ |
Like s in pleasure. |
| K k |
ke |
k |
Like the c in cat. |
| Q q |
qe |
g |
Slightly softer g. Pronounce it towards the back of your throat. Like the g in gun. |
| L l |
le |
l |
Same as English. |
| M m |
me |
m |
Like m in more. |
| N n |
ene |
n |
Like n in no. |
| O o |
o |
ɔ |
Like o in odd. |
| Ö ö |
ö |
œ |
Has no exact English equivalent. Same as the German ö, and close to the eu in the French word, seul. Closest English equivalent is possibly the i in bird. |
| P p |
pe |
p |
Like p in port. |
| R r |
re |
ɾ |
Same as the r in rat. |
| S s |
se |
s |
Like s in six. |
| Şş |
şe |
ʃ |
Same as the English sh. |
| T t |
te |
t |
Does not have an exact English equivalent. Like to the t in ten, but instead of the tongue touching the roof of the mouth behind the teeth, it should touch the teeth themselves. |
| U u |
u |
u |
Like the u in put. |
| Ü ü |
ü |
y |
Same as the German ü, or the French word eu. A close example would be the u in flute, or better yet, the ü in the English slang expression über. |
| V v |
ve |
v |
Same as the English. |
| Y y |
ye |
j |
Same as the English. |
| Z z |
ze |
z |
Same as the English |
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12 Jan 2013 Sat 02:43 pm |
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Thank you,tunci. 
But that is the same letter like e... Isn´t it ?
Actually,probably there is difference between them,just I can´t see that... 
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12 Jan 2013 Sat 03:00 pm |
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Thank you,tunci.
But that is the same letter like e... Isn´t it ?
Actually,probably there is difference between them,just I can´t see that...
The difference is ;
ə is read deeper, thicker and from the throat. In other words, it sounds like thicker e.
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12 Jan 2013 Sat 03:05 pm |
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The Turkish e is not one but many if you listen to it carefully. Try for instance
gerçekten
beraber
yerleştirmek
in www.seslisozluk.net and you will hear it is sometimes narrower (like e in ten), sometimes wider (like a in cat).
What we mark with a certain letter within a certain language is an abstraction. Here, for instance, even though e has many realizations the nuances do not change the meaning. That is why there is no need to go into more details in spelling.
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12 Jan 2013 Sat 03:10 pm |
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Check this video for “ə” pronouncation, at 3:18.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqhAfUOqqMI
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