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Turkish Alphabet updated


anyone to get a proper "doc" about the Turkish language, contact me. Because I cant upload it here properly for some reason
 

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Login to find out (April 26, 2005 at 11:47am)
also we cant see the exclusive Turkish letters properly :(
 
Login to find out (April 26, 2005 at 11:46am)
awh! it sucks here, please contact me for a properly looking Journal... bye everyone ~Can
 
Login to find out (April 26, 2005 at 11:45am)
_The Turkish Phonetic
The Turkish Letters

The Turkish Alfabet : A B C Ç D E F G Ð H I Ý J K L M N O Ö P R S Þ T U Ü V Y Z
Totally 29 letters a b c ç d e f g ð h ý i j k l m n o ö p r s þ t u ü v y z
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The Consonants : B C Ç D F G Ð H J K L M N P R S Þ T V Y Z
Totally 21 ones b c ç d f g ð h j k l m n p r s þ t v y z

note1 : Q, W, X are excluded while Ç, Ð, Þ are included

Soft Consonants : B C D F G Ð J L M N R V Y Z
Hard Consonants : Ç H K P S Þ T

note2 : The situation If they are "soft or hard" makes the suffix vary.
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The Vowals : A E I Ý O Ö U Ü
Totally 8 ones a e ý i o ö u ü

Thick Vowels : A I O U Narrow Vowels : I Ý U Ü
Thin Vowels : E Ý Ö Ü Wide Vowels : A E O Ö

note1 : Note that every vowal has a pair of its own, which are in 4 pairs respectively
note2 : The letters "I-ý" and "Ý-i" are 2 different distinct letters unlike the one "I-i" in English...
note3 : Every pair of vowels (including a thick and a thin one each) are pronounced similiarly...
note4 : The situation If they are "narrow or wide" or "thin or thick" makes the suffix vary.
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Key To The Turkish Alphabet's Pronunciation

Letter Name Pronounced like the following
A, a a among, armour, cut, car
B, b be(h) binoculars, blah, baby
C, c ce(h) joint, knowledge, jam, John, Jackson (always)
Ç, ç che(h) charge, change, church (always)
D, d de(h) delicious, day
E, e e red, net, hat, cat (always)
F, f fe(h) facility, figure, philosophy
G, g ge(h) garden, go, gate (always)
Ð, ð ghe(h) neighbour, weight, (never in the begining)
H, h he(h) height, hard, head (never silent)
I, ý ý =>dotless and broad like the, tuck, actor
Ý, i i, e thin, pin, sin (always)
J, j j jour (French), pleasure
K, k ke(h) kite, cold, cat
L, l le(h) light, liguid, luxury
M, m me(h) mine, meat, medic
N, n ne(h) near, neighbour
O, o o only, song (always)
Ö, ö ö, eu girl, surf, curve, deux (French), dirt, bird
P, p pe(h) pay, picture
R, r re(h) reaction, ready
S, s se(h) sun, send (always sharp, never as z, th)
Þ, þ she(h) short, shape
T, t te(h) time, tea
U, u u put, truth, you
Ü, ü ü musee (French), museum, cute, sue
V, v ve(h) very, weight
Y, y ye(h) year, young (always as a consonant)
Z, z ze(h) zeal, zebra

note: The consonants are always read as "the consonant + e (a or ah)", for example;
F is read as "e" + "f" in English, just reverse, say it as "f" + "e" then apply this to all of the consanants; note they all are read in the same way; In other words you just put "e" next to the consonant, then read it that way; as an example, b+e, sh+e or t+e, but you should know that sh+e is not read as she in English, but like "shed" without "d" in that sense, and so are all of the consonants.
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Other Notes:

Note1 : In Turkish, every letter (vowel or consonant) has absolutely a single sound which is always pronounced seperately and distinctly. There are neither dipthongs nor reduplicated or compound letters. Thus (ch,sh, ph, gh, th) are pronounced everywhere and without exception as two distinct letters with their original and individual alphabetic sounds (like c-h, s-h, p-h, g-h, and t-h)...

Note2 : The prolongation of the circumflex (^), on the vowels (a, i, u) makes them either long vowels or serves to soften the preceding consonant g, k. For example "âdi", is pronounced nearly as (father, far, car); gâh nearly as (gyah kyar); metîn is pronounced like machine; sükût, þûra as acute, look respectively...
 
Login to find out (April 26, 2005 at 11:44am)
on the left was supposed to be key table about the pronuciations but the pic stays too small in there! there are constraints I guess, Ok, I'll try to upload all the doc here, again