Pronunciation of "Turkish words"

Pronunciation of "Turkish words"

C, c = “j” as in juice

C¸ , ¸c = “ch” as in cheek

 

G˘ , g˘ = soft “g”, hardly pronounced

I, ı = without a dot, pronounced like the first syllable of “earnest”

˙I, i = with a dot, somewhere between “in” and “eel”

O¨ , o¨ = as in the umlaut o¨ in German or as French eu in peu

S¸ , ¸s = as in “sheet” "she"

U¨ , u¨ = as in the umlat u¨ in German or as French u in tu

∧ = used to denote a lenghtened vowel (a, i, and u) or to palatize a preceding g, k, or l