Alphabet (Alfabe)

Turkish Alphabet

Turkish alphabet consists of 29 letters - 8 vowels and 21 consonants.
Most letters in Turkish have pronunciations familiar to English-speakers, but there are a few notable exceptions:

1. Every letter is pronounced
2. Each letter has only one sound

Three letters of the English alphabet are missing in the Turkish alphabet:

1. (Q-q)
2. (W-w)
3. (X-x)

There are seven additional characters not found in the English alphabet:

1. (Ç-ç)
2. (Ğ-ğ)
3. (I-ı)
4. (İ-i)
5. (Ö-ö)
6. (Ş-ş)
7. (Ü-ü)

Pronunciation:

A, a like the a in car
B, b like the b in bet
C, c like the g in gender
Ç, ç like the ch in chance
D, d like the d in debt
E, e like the e in less

F, f like the f in felony
G, g like the g in game
Ğ, ğ this is a very weak sound, not pronouncing at all will be ok
H, h like the h in hello
I, ı like the e in halted
İ, i like the ee in keen

J, j like the ge in garage
K, k like the k in kelly
L, l like the l in lamb
M, m like the m in man
N, n like the n in neighbor

O, o like the a in ball
Ö, ö like the u in urge
P, p like the p in pen
R, r like the r in rent
S, s like the s in send
Ş, ş like the sh in shed

T, t like the t in tennis
U, u like the oo in good
Ü, ü like the u in nude
V, v like the v in vent
Y, y like the y in yes
Z, z like the z in zen

hi Ghenwa,
could you please provide these alphabet with sound files if possible?
and if possible sound examples of words

Hi Vax,

Click on the link below to download the sound files.

http://www.uploadfile.org/download.php?id=D2PIizZdzIAnmye8PfXZ

Examples:

A, a anne mother
B, b baba father
C, c cam glass
Ç, ç çarşı market
D, d deniz sea
E, e elma apple

F, f fikir idea
G, g güzel beautiful
Ğ, ğ There is no word that begins with the letter Ğ in Turkish.
H, h hava air
I, ı ışık light
İ, i iyi good

J, j jest gesture
K, k köy village
L, l limon lemon
M, m masa table
N, n nane mint

O, o oda room
Ö, ö önemli important
P, p pilav rice
R, r ruj lipstick
S, s su water
Ş, ş şair poet

T, t taze fresh
U, u uzun long
Ü, ü üzüm grapes
V, v vazo vase
Y, y yağmur rain
Z, z zor hard

Thank you very much for the file it was very good.
do you have sound file for the examples also?
This will help a lot to get familiar with the Turkish word pronunciation.

You're very welcome.
I don't have sound file for the examples. Try this online dictionary:

http://www.turkishdictionary.net

when you look up for a word, a play icon will be shown, click on it to listen to the word. I hope it will help you to get familiar with the Turkish word pronunciation. Listening to Turkish songs will also help.