Lesson 1 - Turkish Alphabet and Numbers
Turkish Alphabet
Turkish Alphabet
The Turkish alphabet is derived from the Latin alphabet used for writing Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters.
Capital letters ;
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
Lower case letters
a b c ç d e f g ğ h ı j k l m n o ö p r s ş t u ü v y z
The names of the vowel letters are the vowels themselves, whereas the names of the consonant letters are the consonant plus e
The names of the vowel letters are the vowels themselves, whereas the names of the consonant letters are the consonant plus e
Turkish IPA English Approx.
A a /a/ As a in father
B b /b/ As b in boy
C c /d͡ʒ/ As j in joy
Ç ç t͡ʃ/ As ch in chair
D d /d/ As d in dog
E e /e/ As e in red
F f /f/ As f in far
G g /ɡ/, /ɟ/ As g in got
Ğ ğ /ː/, /‿/, /ʲ/
H h /h/ As h in hot
I ı /ɯ/ As e in open
İ i /i/ As ee in feet
J j /ʒ/ As s in measure
K k /k/, /c/ As k in kit
L l /ɫ/, /l/ As l in love
M m /m/ As m in man
N n /n/ As n in nice
O o /o/ As o in more
Ö ö /ø/ As e in set, but with lips rounded
P p /p/ As t in pretty (the flapped ‘t’ in AmE dialect)
R r /ɾ/ As r ın read
S s /s/ As s in song
Ş ş /ʃ/ As sh in show
T t /t/ As t in tick
U u /u/ As oo in zoo
Ü ü /y As e in new
V v /ʋ/, /v/ As v in vaccine
Y y /j/ As y in yes
Z z /z/ As z in zigza
Numbers
Numbers
1: bir 2: iki 3:üç 4:dört 5:beş 6:altı 7:yedi 8:sekiz 9:dokuz 10:on
11: on bir 12: on iki 13: on üç 14: on dört 15: on beş 16: on altı
17: on yedi 18: on sekiz 19: on dokuz 20: yirmi 21: yirmi bir 27: yirmi yedi
30: otuz 40: kırk 50: elli 60: altmış 70: yetmiş 80: seksen 90: doksan 100: yüz
200: iki yüz 300: üç yüz 400: dört yüz 500: beş yüz 600: altı yüz 700: yedi yüz
800: sekiz yüz 900: dokuz yüz 1000: bin 2000: iki bin 3000: üç bin
In Turkish, always the tens digit are said first then the ones
For example;
123: yüz yirmi üç 147: yüz kırk yedi 297: iki yüz doksan yedi 651: altı yüz elli bir
1243: bin iki yüz kırk üç 4568: dört bin beş yüz altmış sekiz
8943: sekiz bin dokuz yüz kırk üç …..
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