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These letters are, in the upper case:

: A , B , C , Ç , D , E , F , G , Ğ , H , I, İ , J , K , L , M , N , O , Ö , P , R , S , Ş , T , U , Ü , V , Y , Z

and in the lower case:

: A , B , C , ç , D , E , F , G , ğ , H , ı, I , J , K , L , M , N , O , ö , P , R , S , ş , T , U , ü , V , Y , Z .

This translates to 8 vowels ( A , E , I, İ , O , Ö , U , Ü ) and 21 consonants.


SOUNDS

See Also: Turkish phonology



Turkish orthography is highly Phonetic and a word's pronunciation is always completely identified by its spelling. The following table presents the Turkish letters, the sounds they correspond to in International Phonetic Alphabet and how these can be approximated more or less by an English speaker.


HISTORY


Early history

The earliest known Turkish alphabet is the Orkhon Script . In general, Turkic Languages have been written in a number of different alphabets including Cyrillic , Arabic , Greek , Armenian , Latin and some other Asiatic writing systems.


Modern Turkish alphabet

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