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 s in leisure |
| 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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