THE NEW TURKISH PHRASE ROOK OF THE TURKISH LANGUAGE By A. C. MOWLE, Ma. : El KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO. LTD.eprint : repre many” Bebe September 1944 INTRODUCTION "Tue dramatic reform of the Turkish seript by Moustafa Kemal Pasha during the year 1928 has revolutioniznd the "Turkish language. Now that i ie no longer necessary to learn the complex Arabic letering the language bas become universally accesible. To English people in particular its sequisiton should now bo a matter of comparative eas, for not only is its pronunciation easy to English tongue, but its construction, diffrent though it be from the contruction of English is logical and simple Turkish, indeed, ia a beautifal language ; an once its remarkable euphoni characteristics, together with the ordinary grammatical rules, have been tnastered, nothing but converstional practice and an enlarging ‘vocabulaty are nerd to make one perfectly Buent. ‘The pretent hook sims at providing «concise sd eystematio scheme of Grammar, with a simple but adequate vocabulary snd sufficient examples to demonstrate the forwation of conlinary conversational sentences, It is arranged 50 that cach page forms a self-contained Ieswn, commencing with ‘he simplest rules, and progressing throughout the book to ‘the more dificult forma, An adequate cementary deserption, ofthe language i provided, although it must be remem bere hat classical Tuskish is a very comprehensive language with a considerable vocabulary, and many archaic and sete forms1 ‘THE NEW TURKISH ALPHABET ‘This consists of 29 Letters, all adapted from Latin characters Ae | (wovonesy | om | m Bo |e wa |e ee |i Q @ | tee vowels) es | o a) bala Ppp Be | (vows [Re | t Py ie st Ga ie gi | 6g |e rt wh OK Tw | (ee vowel) Ti | Gworowelay | | tee vowels) Tt | Gevowh) | ve |v ay | ry ly kik ail: nit Vownts The cight vowels are pronounced as follows A @ | asain fat (hort) oF * fr (long). Be fate” (ong, 1G feet” lon). rs @ © | aboin* not” (short) oF “no (ong). © | an German 0; ax French ev in deux” Uw | aeyein ball” hort) or rule (ong), OG | esGerman di; as French win“ ta”.