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Turkish/ Türkçe

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Alphabet (IPA):

[i] [e] [y] [ø] [a] [u] [ɯ] [o]


[m] [n] [p] [b] [t] [d] [t͡ʃ] [d͡ʒ] ([c]) ([ɟ]) [k] [g] [f] [v] [s] [z] ([ɫ]) [ɾ] [ʒ] [h] [x] [l] [j] [ɰ]

Alphabet (Latin):

(from loanwords):

Éé Qq Ww Xx

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Turkish or Türkçe [/tyɾct͡ʃe/] is a natural language which has its origins in the Ottoman Empire, now known as Turkey (ISO 3166: TR). It is also an official language of Turkey, as well as its neighbor, Cyprus (ISO 3166: CY)


It is an Oghuz Turkic language (639-5: trk) and evolved from Ottoman Turkish . Its closest living neighbors are Azerbaijani and Gagauz . It is also related to other Oghuz and Turkic languages, most notably Turkmen , Uzbek , Kazakh , Kyrgyz and Tatar


It is the most widely spoken Oghuz language, and the most widely spoken Turkic language. It is typically written in Latin script, but can be written with Persian script.

TEXTS

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

"Bütün insanlar hür, haysiyet ve haklar bakımından eşit doğarlar. Akıl ve vicdana sahiptirler ve birbirlerine karşı kardeşlik zihniyeti ile hareket etmelidirler."

SRC: Secretariat of the Human Rights Coordinating Committee, Turkey

The Lord's Prayer

"Ey göklerde olan Babamız, İsmin mukaddes olsun; Melekûtun gelsin; Gökte olduğu gibi yerde de senin iraden olsun; Gündelik ekmeğimizi bize bugün ver; Ve bize borçlu olanlara bağışladığımız gibi, bizim borçlarımızı bize bağışla; Ve bizi iğvaya götürme, fakat bizi şerirden kurtar; Çünkü melekût ve kudret ve izzet ebedlere kadar senindir."

SRC: Krassotkin - Prayer.su

Turkish / Türkçe (ISO 639-3: tur)

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Contents

1.Basics

1a.Sounds of Turkish
1b.Pronouns and Greetings
1c.Agglutination
1d.Vowel Harmony

2.Grammar Mechanics

2a.Sentence Structure
2b.Possessive Case
2c.Nominative, Accusative, and Dative Cases
2d.Locative and Ablative Cases
2e.Instrumental Case

3.Verbs

3a.Present Tenses
3b.Past Tense
3c.Future Tense
3d.Verb Moods
3e.Verb List

4.Vocab

4a.Shopping at Bazaars
4b.Going to School
4c.In My House
4d.Road Trip!
4e.Take a Hike!
4f.So Much City...
4g.Going Out
4h.Making a Career
4i.Living in Turkey

5.Exams

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