: 14 January 2010/13:20 GMTDear Visitor, Before reading this website, please adjust your browser to Turkish. IE Browser Owners: According to my opinion, Turkish language is one of the easiest languages in the world as far as reading and writing is concerned, especially after the reforms of ATATÜRK. But, on the other hand, it is one of the most difficult languages in the world as far as the grammer is concerned. So, for that reason, I will start from the easy part of it not to scare you:-)))
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| A (a) | The letter "A" is constantly pronounced like " |
| B (b) | Like this one, all the consonants take the sound of the vowels, may it be before or after them (by itself, pronounced like short "baee"); |
| C (c) | Pronounced like "J" in English; |
| Ç (ç) | This is one of the exceptional letters in Turkish language which makes it easier. Pronounced like "chaplin" or "chapel" in English; |
| D (d) | Pronounced like in "day"; |
| E (e) | Constantly pronounced like in "whether" |
| F (f) | like "father"; |
| G (g) | like "golf; |
| Ð (ð) | This is the most difficult letter of the Turkish alphabet called "soft g" and you will never see a word beginning with this one in Turkish. It is pronounced in between of "G" and "Y" and you have to use your back of the nose, mouth cavity and upper part of your throat pulling your tongue slightly to the back of your mouth; e.g., "yoðurt" is pronounced softer than you pronounce "yogurt", which is a typical Turkish word used by everyone in the world when the famous Turkish delicacy comes into the subject. |
| H (h) | like "harbo(u)r"; |
| I (ý) | This is another difficult one; you have to pull your tongue back while you pronounce the english letter e; |
| Ý (i) | Pronounced like "e" in English; |
| J (j) | This one is pronounced like "dz"; |
| K (k) | same as in english; |
| L (l) | same as in english; |
| M (m) | same as in english; |
| N (n) | same as in english; |
| O (o) | same as in english; |
| Ö (ö) | Similar to the sound the word of girl or earth in english; |
| P (p) | same as in english; |
| R (r) | same as in english; |
| S (s) | same as in english; |
| Þ (þ) | Pronounced like sh in english; |
| T (t) | same as in english; |
| U (u) | Pronounced like book in english |
| Ü (ü) | Pronounced like french u; you have to bring your tongue and lean on inner side of your lower teeth as you pronounce the word book; |
| V (v) | same as in english but you do not have to put your upper teeth on your lower lip; you can pronounce it like W. |
| Y (y) | same as in english; |
| Z (z) | same as in english. |
| As far as the grammar is concerned, Turkish is one of the most difficult languages in the world. Simply, in english, you would say, "I am going to the cinema (movies)" but in Turkish you would say, "I cinema (movies) to the am going". Did you notice the sentence structure?
: 14 January 2010/13:20 GMT |
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