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Turkmen Latin (Täze Elipbiýi) Cyrillic Equivalent (before 1993) IPA Pronunciation 1 А а А а [a] a as in father 2 B b Б б [b] b as in book 3 Ç ç Ч ч ]ʧ[ ch as in chat 4 D d Д д [d] d as in doll 5 E e Е е, Э э ]ɛ[ e as in bet 6 Ä ä Ә ә [æ] a as in can 7 F f Ф ф [f] f as in fell 8 G g Г г ]ɡ[, ]ɣ[ g as in get (with front vowels: e, ä, i, ö, ü), or gh as in Arabic ghazal (with back vowels: a, o, u, y) 9 H h Х х ]h[, ]χ[ h as in hot (with front vowels: e, ä, i, ö, ü), or ch as in German Bach (with back vowels: a, o, u, y) 10 I i И и ]i[, ]ɪ[ ee as in feet (stressed), or i as in fit (unstressed) 11 J j Җ җ ]ʤ[ j as in just 12 Ž ž Ж ж ]ʒ[ s as in measure 13 K k К к [k] k as in kit 14 L l Л л [l] l as in lake 15 M m М м [m] m as in man 16 N n Н н [n] n as in name 17 Ň ň Ң ң ]ŋ[ ng as in sing 18 O o О о [o] o as on yoke but more open 19 Ö ö Ө ө [ø] ö as in German köpf 20 P p П п [p] p as in pen 21 R r Р р [r] rr as in Spanish perro but softer 22 S s С с ]θ[, ]s[ th as in thick (in non-Russian words), or s as in set (in Russian loanwords) 23 Ş ş Ш ш ] ʃ [ sh as in shake 24 T t Т т [t] t as in tank 25 U u У у [u] oo as in choose 26 Ü ü Ү ү [y] ü as in German über 27 W w В в ]w[, ]β[, ]v[ w as in wet (in non-Russian words), or v as in vet (in Russian loanwords) 28 Y y Ы ы ]ɨ[ oo as in look but smiled (no lip rounding) 29 Ý ý Й й [j] y as in yes 30 Z z З з [ð[, ]z[ th as in this (in non-Russian words), or z as in zoo (in Russian loanwords) CeLCAR, Indiana University 718 Eigenmann Hall, 1900 East 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47406-7512 Telephone: (812) 856-1230 FAX: (812) 856-1206 www.iub.edu/~celcar [email protected] Täze Türkmen Elipbiýi Current Turkmen Alphabet
