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Turkish alphabet

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The Turkish alphabet is used for writing, speaking and reading in Turkish. This alphabet is modified from the Latin alphabet. There are 32 letters in the Turkish alphabet. The English letters and are not in the Turkish alphabet. Seven letters that have been changed from their original Latin forms (Ç, Ğ, Ö, Ş, and Ü) are in the Turkish alphabet

Capital letters
ABCÇDEFGĞHIİJKLMNOÖPQRS ŞTUÜVWX Y Z
Lower case letters
abcçdefgğhıiijklmnoöpqrs ştuüvw xy z

There are 9 vowels in the Turkish alphabet: A, E, I, İ, O, Ö, U, Ü,Y,.

There are 23 consonants in the Turkish alphabet: B, C, Ç, D, F, G, Ğ, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q,R, S, Ş, T, V, W,X, Z.

Letter IPA Name English
approximation
Letter IPA Name English
approximation
Aa/a/a
/a/
As a in fatherMm/m/me
/meː/
As m in man
Bb/b/be
/beː/
As b in batNn/n/ne
/neː/
As n in no
Cc/dʒ/ce
/dʒeː/
As j in jobOo/o/o
/oː/
As o in not
Çç/tʃ/çe
/tʃeː/
As ch in chatÖö/œ/ö
/œː/
As u in fur
Dd/d/de
/deː/
As d in dogPp/p/pe
/peː/
As p in put
Ee/e/e
/eː/
As e in redRr/ɾ/re
/ɾeː/
As r in rent
Ff/f/fe
/feː/
As f in farSs/s/se
/seː/
As s in sand
Gg/g/ or /ɟ/ge
/ɟeː/
As g in gapŞş/ʃ/şe
/ʃeː/
As sh in she
Ğğyumuşak ge
/jumuʃak ɟeː/
Tt/t/te
/teː/
As t in top
Hh/h/he
/heː/
As h in hotUu/u/u
/uː/
As oo in moose
Iı/ɯ/ı
/ɯː/
Like a in aboutÜü/y/ü
/yː/
As u in lute
İi/i/i
/iː/
As i in machineVv/v/ve
/veː/
As v in valve
Jj/ʒ/je
/ʒeː/
As g in montageYy/j/ye
/jeː/
As y in you
Kk/k/ or /c/ke
/ceː/
As c in catZz/z/ze
/zeː/
As z in zip
Ll/ɫ/ or /l/le
/leː/
As l in let

loanwords.