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Alphabet and Pronunciation in Turkish

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Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn the ALPHABET AND PRONUNCIATION in Turkish.

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Good learning! :)

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PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH	LETTER IN TURKISH	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN 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

Alphabet and 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

Important note:

Türkçe

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.

Videos

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