Lesson One “ The Alphabet”

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.

1. (Q-q)
2. (W-w)
3. (X-x)

There are seven additional characters not found in the English alphabet.

1. (Ç-ç)
2. (Ğ-ğ)
3. (I-ı)
4. (İ-i)
5. (Ö-ö)
6. (Ş-ş)
7. (Ü-ü)

The letters of Turkish alphabet and the sounds associated with these are in the following ...


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