Scribd
Upload
163 views

Turkish

This document provides an introduction to the Turkish language. It discusses the background of Turkish, including that it is spoken mainly in Turkey and has about 82 million speakers there. The document then discusses the history and development of written Turkish, including the replacement of the Arabic alphabet with a Latin alphabet in 1928. It also provides an overview of the components of the Turkish language, including its alphabet, differences from English, and challenges in studying it. The document aims to give readers an introduction to exploring the Turkish language.

Uploaded by

Ayesha Choi
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as ODT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
163 views

Turkish

This document provides an introduction to the Turkish language. It discusses the background of Turkish, including that it is spoken mainly in Turkey and has about 82 million speakers there. The document then discusses the history and development of written Turkish, including the replacement of the Arabic alphabet with a Latin alphabet in 1928. It also provides an overview of the components of the Turkish language, including its alphabet, differences from English, and challenges in studying it. The document aims to give readers an introduction to exploring the Turkish language.

Uploaded by

Ayesha Choi
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as ODT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 5

E-PORTFOLIO IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE

𝓓𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓣𝓾𝓻𝓴𝓲𝓼𝓱
Compiled and Submitted by:

LOREN H. LASERNA
BSED 4 (MATHEMATICS MAJOR)

Submitted to:

RAMIR C. TORRECES, EdD


Course Facilitator
(Message to the Readers)

Welcome everyone! Join me to discover and explore the language of TURKISH. In this portfolio you
can learn more about Turkish Languages, example of this is their alphabets, how they greet or interact
with other people. Also, you can learn the etymology of the Turkish language and how to use it. So
what are you waiting for? Come and join me to explore in the world of Turkish Language!
Table of Contents

Content Page

Cover .............................................................................................................. 1
Message ............................................................................................................. 2
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................... 3

I. INTRODUCTION
A.) Background (of the Spanish Language)
B.) Rationale (Reason for choosing the language)

II. COMPONENTS OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE


A.) Alphabets
B.) How it is different from English language
C.) Challenges of studying the language

III. SIMPLE GREETINGS


IV. MOST COMMONLY USED PHRASES
.
.
.
.
.
.
VII. REFLECTION (Discuss the experience of learning the language)

References
Appendices (if any)
INTRODUCTION

Turkish is a Turkic language spoken by about 88 million people, mainly in Turkey, and also in
Northern Cyprus, Germany, Bulgaria and other countries. There are about 82 million speakers of
Turkish in Turkey, about 2 million in Germany, 606,000 in Bulgaria, 500,000 in the UK, 300,000 in
Northern Cyprus, 165,000 in the USA, 130,000 in Uzbekistan, and smaller numbers in other
countries.Turkish is a member of the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family. It is closely related
to Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Qashqai, Gagauz, and Balkan Gagauz Turkish, and there is considerable
mutual intelligibility between these languages.
The ancestor of modern Turkish, Oghuz, was bought to Anatolia from Central Asia during the
11th century AD by Seljuq Turks. This developed into Ottoman Turkish, and contained many
loanwords from Arabic and Persian.
Until 1928 Turkish was written with a version of the Perso-Arabic script known as the
Ottoman Turkish script. In 1928, as part of his efforts to modernise Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
issued a decree replacing the Arabic script with a version of the Latin alphabet, which has been used
ever since. Arabic and Persian loanwords were also replaced with Turkish equivalents. Nowadays,
only scholars and those who learnt to read before 1928 can read Turkish written in the Ottoman
Turkish script.
ETYMOLOGY OF TURKISH

Modern Turkish is the descendant of Ottoman Turkish and its predecessor, so-
called Old Anatolian Turkish, which was introduced into Anatolia by the Seljuq Turks in the
late 11th century ce. Old Turkish gradually absorbed a great many Arabic and Persian words
and even grammatical forms and was written in Arabic script.

RATIONALE
I choose the Turkish Language because it was catch my attention while scrolling the
facebook I saw a video clip of some Turkish Dramas. Then, I am watching Turkish Dramas,
and also I want to learn more about their languages and how to say it properly. I am interested
in their language not only because I am watching their Dramas but also I am amaze curious in
their language. My thoughts about their language was, it is very unique to listen and you will
find it interesting to learn more about their language while they are speaking.
COMPONENTS OF THE TURKISH LANGUAGE
Turkish used to be written with the Arabic alphabet from about 900 to 1928. In order to
increase literacy in the country and to modernize Turkey, the Latin alphabet was introduced
and adopted after 1928. The Turkish alphabet has 29 letters, seven of which (Ç, Ş, Ğ, I, İ, Ö,
Ü) have been modified from their Latin originals to reflect the actual sounds of spoken
Turkish. All in all there are 21 consonants and 8 vowels. The letters Q, W, and X of the basic
Latin alphabet do not occur in the Turkish alphabet. This modified alphabet represents
modern Turkish pronunciation with a high degree of accuracy and specificity.
The Turkish alphabet is actually quite easy to learn because it is so similar to English.
Nevertheless, you should familiarize yourself with the new sounds. To accelerate learning, we
recommend that you start learning the letters and sounds of Turkish already during the
summer.
Notes
•Â, î and û are used to distinguish words that would otherwise have the same spelling; to indicate
palatalization of a preceding consonant, e.g. kar /kar/ (snow), kâr /kʲar/ (profit); and also to
indicate long vowels in loanwords, especially those from Arabic
•e is [ɛ~æ] when it appears m, n, l or r, e.g. gelmek [ɡæɫˈmec] (to come, arrive)
•g = [ɟ] and k = [c] when next to e, i, ö or ü
•ğ is usually silent and indicates a syllable break, e.g. değil [ˈde.il] (not). In final syllables after e
and i, ğ = [j], e.g. eğri [ej.ˈɾi] (curve). Elsewhere ğ lengthens a vowel, e.g. bağ [ˈbaː] (bond). In
some dialects it is pronounced [ɰ]
•l = [ɫ] when next to a, ı, o or u
•h = [ħ] before consonants and at the end of words
The letters Q (qu), X (iks) and W (we) are not included in the official Turkish alphabet, but
are used in foreign names and loanwords

The main difference between the English and Turkish language is that English is an
analytic and Turkish an agglutinating language. Analytic languages have a poor
inflectional system, few word forms for every lexeme, a fixed word order and subject-object-
marking by means of word order.

The challenge of studying Turkish was on how they pronounce some of their alphabet.
And how they used different pronunciation in a sentence.

You might also like