TURKISH

THE TURKISH ALPHABETS

 

  • 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.

    • (Q-q)

    • (W-w)

    • (X-x)

  • There are six additional characters not found in the English alphabet.

    • (ŽÇ-ç)

    • (Ğ-ğ)

    • (I-ı)

    • (İ-i)

    • (ŽÖ-ö)

    • (Ş-ş)

    • (ŽÜ-ü)

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

(A, a) (B, b) (C, c) (ŽÇ, ç) (D, d)
(E, e) (F, f) (G, g) (Ğ, ğ) (H, h)
(I, ı) (İ, i) (J, j) (K, k) (L, l)
(M, m) (N, n) (O, o) (ŽÖ, ö) (P, p)
(R, r) (S, s) (Ş, ş) (T, t) (U, u)
(ŽÜ, ü) (V, v) (Y, y) (Z, z)