Turkish language

Sounds

One characteristic feature of Turkish is vowel harmony.

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For example, if the first vowel of a Turkish word is a front vowel, the second and other vowels of the same word are usually the same vowel or another front vowel:

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vi?ne "sour cherry": i is close unround front,

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e is open unround front.

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Stress is usually on the last syllable, with the exception of some suffix combinations and words like masa .

Related Topics:
Stress - Suffix

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Consonants

The phoneme {{IPA|/?/}} usually refered to as "soft g", "?" in Turkish orthography, actually represents a rather weak front-velar or palatal approximant between front vowels. When it is word-final or preceeding another consonant it lengthens the preceeding vowel. In all other positions, it is not pronounced at all.

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Vowels