Turkish alphabet
Latin-script alphabet for the Turkish language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Turkish alphabet (Turkish: Türk alfabesi) is a Latin-script alphabet used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters, seven of which (Ç, Ğ, I, İ, Ö, Ş and Ü) have been modified from their Latin originals for the phonetic requirements of the language. This alphabet represents modern Turkish pronunciation with a high degree of accuracy and specificity.[1] Mandated in 1928 as part of Atatürk's Reforms, it is the current official alphabet and the latest in a series of distinct alphabets used in different eras.
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Turkish alphabet | |
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Script type | |
Time period | 1928 – present |
Languages | Turkish |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Child systems | Azerbaijani alphabet Crimean Tatar alphabet Gagauz alphabet Tatar Latin alphabet Turkmen alphabet |
Unicode | |
subset of Latin (U+0000...U+024F) | |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
The Turkish alphabet has been the model for the official Latinization of several Turkic languages formerly written in the Arabic or Cyrillic script like Azerbaijani (1991),[2] Turkmen (1993),[3] and recently Kazakh (2021).[4]