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Turkish Phrase Book

A Dorlıng Kindersley Book

Compiled by Lexus Ltd with
- Ahmet T Türkistanlı
- Felicity J Ünlü

Copyright 1998 (c) Dorling Kindersley Limited, London.

Introduction

Pronunciation

Stress the part that is underlined.

/ay/ represents the Turkish /ey/ sound and is pronounced as ın 'day'.
/eh/ is pronounced like the 'e' in 'led'.
/'eye'/ represents the Turkish /ay/ sound and is pronounced like the English word 'eye'.
/ew/ represents the Turkish /ü/ sound.  This is like the French 'u' or the German 'ü'; pronounce it like the sound in 'few' or 'pew'ç