Turkish alphabet

E4358
alphabet writing system

The Turkish alphabet is a modern, phonetic writing system of 29 Latin-based letters used to represent the sounds of the Turkish language.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Turkish Latin alphabet 5
Latin-based Turkish alphabet 2
Alphabet Reform in Turkey 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
adoptedDuring Atatürk's reforms ⓘ
basedOn Latin alphabet ⓘ
containsLetter A ⓘ
B ⓘ
C ⓘ
D ⓘ
E ⓘ
F ⓘ
G ⓘ
H ⓘ
I ⓘ
J ⓘ
K ⓘ
L ⓘ
M ⓘ
N ⓘ
O ⓘ
P ⓘ
R ⓘ
S ⓘ
T ⓘ
U ⓘ
V ⓘ
Y ⓘ
Z ⓘ
Ç ⓘ
Ö ⓘ
Ü ⓘ
Ğ ⓘ
İ ⓘ
Ş ⓘ
countryUsedIn Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Northern Cyprus

Turkey ⓘ
dateOfAdoption 1928-11-01 ⓘ
direction left-to-right ⓘ
excludesLetter Q ⓘ
W ⓘ
X ⓘ
hasConsonantLetters 21 ⓘ
hasVowelLetters 8 ⓘ
ISOBasicLatinSubset true ⓘ
isPhonetic true ⓘ
languageFamily Turkic languages ⓘ
numberOfLetters 29 ⓘ
officialStatusIn Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Northern Cyprus

Turkey ⓘ
orthographicPrinciple one letter per phoneme (approximate) ⓘ
replaced Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Turkish alphabet
scriptType Latin-based alphabet ⓘ
standardizedBy Türk Dil Kurumu ⓘ
surface form: Turkish Language Association
usesDiacriticsOnLetters Ç ⓘ
Ö ⓘ
Ü ⓘ
Ğ ⓘ
İ ⓘ
Ş ⓘ
writingSystemOf Turkish language ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin alphabet → influenced → Turkish alphabet ⓘ
Turkish language → writingSystem → Turkish alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkish Latin alphabet
Turkish language → reform → Turkish alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atatürk language reforms
Cypriot Turkish → writingSystem → Turkish alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkish Latin alphabet
Ottoman Turkish → writingReformReplacedBy → Turkish alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin-based Turkish alphabet
Hat Law of 1925 → relatedTo → Turkish alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alphabet Reform in Turkey
ota → writingReformReplacedBy → Turkish alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: Ottoman Turkish
this entity surface form: Latin-based Turkish alphabet
Hawar alphabet → basedOn → Turkish alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkish Latin alphabet
Turkmen alphabet → influencedBy → Turkish alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkish Latin alphabet
İkindi Üstü → originalScript → Turkish alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkish Latin alphabet