How Do You Pronounce Words In The Turkish Language?
Turkish is the most widely-spoken language in the Altaic family of languages. Formerly written in the Arabic script during the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish alphabet was changed to the Roman script in 1929 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Turkish Republic. Learners of Turkish will be pleasantly surprised how easy it is to pronounce Turkish words. Unlike English, Turkish is very regular and phonetic, so most words are pronounced just as they are spelled. There are several letters that don’t exist in English, however, and these may take some practice to pronounce correctly. Learn the letters in the Turkish alphabet. Notice which letters are the same as English, and which are different. Aa Bb Cc Çç Dd Ee Ff Gg Ğğ Hh Iı İi Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo –ö Pp Rr Ss Şş Tt Uu Üü Vv Yy Zz Turkish vowels, unlike English vowels, are always pronounced the same because Turkish spelling is phonetic. In Turkish, “a” sounds like /ah/ as in “hot,” “e” sounds like /eh/ as in “head,” “i” sounds li
