Turkish Alphabet29 Letters

A

• Letter name: a

• Pronunciation: As in “ugly”

B

• Letter name: be

• Pronunciation: As in “bell”

C

• Letter name: ce

• Pronunciation: As in “jealous”

Ç

• Letter name: çe

• Pronunciation: As in “chair”

D

• Letter name: de

• Pronunciation: As in “decade”

E

• Letter name: e

• Pronunciation: As in “elephant”

F

• Letter name: fe

• Pronunciation: As in “federal”

G

• Letter name: ge

• Pronunciation: As in “get”

Ģ

• Letter name: Ģe

• *There is no word that begins with the letter Ģ in Turkish

H

• Letter name: he

• Pronunciation: As in “helicopter”

I

• Letter name: ı

• Pronunciation: As in “number”

İ

• Letter name: i

• Pronunciation: As in “insect”

J

• Letter name: je

• Pronunciation: As in “azure” (garaj = garage, pronounced as

in French and English)

K

• Letter name: ke

• Pronunciation: As in “kettle”

L

• Letter name: le

• Pronunciation: As in “leg”

M

• Letter name: me

• Pronunciation: As in “men”

N

• Letter name: ne

• Pronunciation: As in “never”

O

• Letter name: o

• Pronunciation: As in “orchestra”

Ő

• Letter name: ö

• Pronunciation: As in “urge”

P

• Letter name: pe

• Pronunciation: As in “pen”

R

• Letter name: re

• Pronunciation: As in “red”

S

• Letter name: se

• Pronunciation: As in “sell”

Ş

• Letter name: şe

• Pronunciation: As in “shelf”

T

• Letter name: te

• Pronunciation: As in “telephone”

U

• Letter name: u

• Pronunciation: As in “oops”

Ü

• Letter name: ü

• Pronunciation: As in “fruit, nude”

V

• Letter name: ve

• Pronunciation: As in “vegetable”

Y

• Letter name: ye

• Pronunciation: As in “yes”

Z

• Letter name: ze

• Pronunciation: As in “zebra”

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