Explore the writing examples below. Sound comparisons are approximate; use complete words and recordings to develop your listening and pronunciation.
| A a | [a] as in father | ||
| B b | [b] as in book | ||
| C c | [dʒ] as in Jamaica | ||
| Ç ç | [tʃ] as in China | ||
| D d | [d] as in day | ||
| E e | [e, ɛ] as in red | ||
| F f | [f] as in far | ||
| G g | [ɡ, ɟ] as in game | ||
| Ğ ğ | [ɣ1] none | H h | [h] as in hot |
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| I ı | [ɯ] 12 as in open | ||
| İ i | [i] as in clean | ||
| J j | [ʒ] as in vision | ||
| K k | [k, c] as in kilo | ||
| L l | [l, ɫ] as in life | ||
| M m | [m] as in man | ||
| N n | [n] as in nice | ||
| O o | [o] as in more | ||
| Ö ö | [ø] as in turn | ||
| P p | [p] as in spin | ||
| R r | [ɾ] as in car | ||
| S s | [s] as in smile | ||
| Ş ş | [ʃ] as in show | ||
| T t | [t] as in stop | ||
| U u | [u] as in Uzbakistan | ||
| Ü ü | [y] as in cube | ||
| V v | [v] as in cave | ||
| Y y | [j] as in you | ||
| Z z | [z] as in zigzag | ||
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