Help:IPA/Turkish

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) should be applied to represent Turkish, Azeri, and Tatar pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

See Turkish phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Turkish.

Consonants IPA Examples English equivalent b b abash ɕ shita, shugo shee d dōmo ado dz, z zazen zen, ads dʑ jibun, jōzu ogee ɸ fugu food (lips don't touch teeth) ɡ gakusei agape h hon hone j yakusha, kyū yak k kuru skoot m mikan much n nattō not ɴ nihon like n or ng ŋ ringo finger p pan span s suru sue t taberu stable ts tsunami cats tɕ chikai, kinchō itchy w wasabi was z zazen zen

Vowels IPA Examples English equivalent a dal 'branch' Spanish or French a to English dull e yel 'wind' between yell and Yale i dil 'tongue', 'language' between dill and deal o yol 'way' old ø gör 'to see' German ö or French eu u uçak 'airplane' loot ɯ ılık 'mild' rather like look y güneş 'sun' German ü or French u Stress IPA Examples ˈ torbalı [torbaˈlɯ] 'with bag' Torbalı [ˈtorbalɯ] (a place name)