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Vowels in Turkish phrasebook


Vowels in Turkish phrasebook

The Turkish vowels are
  • A - a short sound, as in the English car
  • E - a short sound, as in the English pet
  • İ - the sound in the English meet and at the beginning of İstanbul (ees-tan-bul)
  • I - a "neutral" sound between "a" and "ee", place your tongue like saying "ee", but pronounce it "ah", with the tongue bent slightly backwards. It has no real equivalent in English, and the closest sound is the "uh" which replaces the "e" in the second syllable of open
  • O - as in the English order
  • Ö - pronounced as in German, a blend of "o" and "e", with lips rounded
  • U - short as in the English put
  • Ü - pronounced as in German, make a sound like "ee", but round your lips like you are going to say "oo"
    • Remember that, in lower case, the two letters İ and I look different as well. The lower case form of İ is i, while the lower case form of I is ı.

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    The harmony of vowels

    Turkish has an unusual feature called vowel harmony, which means that the vowels (a, e, i, ı, o, ö, u, ü) can never be found next to each other in the same word, except some loan words, mostly from Arabic.


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