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Turkish Alphabet, IPA Pronuncation, Video, Virtual Keyboard...

Hello Polyglots,

In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Turkish alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker.

You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.

Turkish Alphabet and IPA Pronunciation

Alphabet and IPA Pronunciation

Letter	Sound	pronunciation example
A a	/a/	a' as in father
B b	/b/	b' as in bike
C c	/dʒ/	j' as in job
Ç ç	/tʃ/	ch' as in church
D d	/d/	d' as in date
E e	/e/, /ɛ/	e' as in red or 'a' as in car
F f	/f/	f' as in find
G g	/ɡ/, /ɟ/	g' as in go
Ğ ğ	/ɣ/1	No equivalent: listen to the video below
H h	/h/	h' as in high
I ı	/ɯ/	e' as in open
İ i	/i/	i' as in machine
J j	/ʒ/	s' as in pleasure
K k	/k/, /c/	k' as in kilo
L l	/l/, /ɫ/	l' as in love
M m	/m/	m' as in make
N n	/n/	n' as in new
O o	/o/	o' as in more
Ö ö	/ø/	u' as in burn
P p	/p/	p' as in paint
R r	/ɾ/	the 'r' as in far
S s	/s/	s' as in sit
Ş ş	/ʃ/	sh' as in shine
T t	/t/	t' as in start
U u	/u/	u' as in ultimate
Ü ü	/y/	u' as in cube
V v	/v/	v' as in victory
Y y	/j/	y' as in you
Z z	/z/	z' as in zoo

Turkish Alphabet and Approximants in Other Languages

PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH	LETTER IN TURKISH	PRONUNCIATION PORTUGUESE
as a in car	A a	como a em amor
as ya in yap	 â	como iá em papiá
as b in ball	B b	como b em bola
as j in jungle	C c	como j in jazz
as ch in church	Ç ç	como t in Tiago
as d in day	D d	como d em dente
as e in red	E e	como e em elefante
as f in fork	F f	como f em faca
as g in get	G g	como g em gato
it extends the vowel before	Ğ ğ	extende a vogal anterior
as h in house	H h	como h em house (Inglês)
as io in nation	I ı	como â em âncora
as i in bit	İ i	como i em igreja
as j in jambon	J j	como j em jazz
as k in kitchen	K k	como c em casa
as l in lion	L l	como l em leão
as m in mother	M m	como m em mato
as n in nation	N n	como n em navio
as o in Otawa	O o	como o em olho
as eu in  peu ¨French word¨ as ö in öffnen ¨German word¨	Ö ö	como eu em peu ¨palavra francesa¨ como ö em öffnen ¨palavra alemã¨
as p in Paris	P p	como p em Paris
as r in rent (double r)	R r	como r em parlo (palavra italiana)
as s in soap	S s	como s em sopa
as sh in shop	Ş ş	como ch em chá
as t in tall	T t	como t em talco
as u in put	U u	como u em união
as u in super as u in cube as ü in über ¨German word¨	Ü ü	como u em (tu) ¨palavra francesa¨ como ü em über ¨palavra alemã¨
as v in vacation	V v	como v em vaca
as y in yes	Y y	como i em igreja
as z in zebra	Z z	como z em zebra

Important note:

In Turkish, every letter is equal to one sound. So this is one thing that makes pronunciation easier. If you know sounds of words you can read everything loudly.

For an example, "Türkiye" word. Lets look wich letter equals to which sound.

T as in start, Ü as in cube, R as in far, K as in kilo, İ as in machine, Y as in you, E as in red.

And if you get them together you can read the word. And remember that "Türkiye" word is written by 7 letter so you're going to use 7 sounds to read it.

And also an important thing, you can't create new sounds by combinating letters. For an example "sch" from German or "oux" from French.

Video - Turkish Alphabet Pronunciation by a Native Speaker

Nothing is better than listening to a real Turkish pronunce the different letters. Just Watch the videos below :

Turkish Online Virtual Keyboard