MURAT YILDIRIM IN THE ARABIC MAGAZINES TURKISH LEARNER VOL. 1 | Page 3

1.Alphabet

Turkish alphabet consists of 29 letters - 8 vowels and 21 consonants.

Each letter has exactly one associated sound which never changes.

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.(-)

3.(I-)

4.(-i)...

5.(Ö-ö)

6.(-)

7.(Ü-ü)

The letters of Turkish alphabet and the sounds associated with these are in the following table...