Latin Tatar Alphabet

Latin Tatar Alphabet

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The Tatar language have numerous writing systems, you can read about them here.

In my course I will focus on three main writing systems, which are official under the law of the Republic of Tatarstan.

In this topic I'll write about Latin alphabet. As soon as I'll have other themes done I'll leave links here.

LATIN ALPHABET

A a| Ä ä | B b | C c | Ç ç | D d | E e | F f | G g | Ğ ğ | H h | I ı | İ i | J j | K k | Q q | L l | M m | N n | Ñ ñ | O o | Ö ö | P p | R r | S s | Ş ş | T t | U u | Ü ü | V v | W w | X x | Y y | Z z


Pairs: Voiced - Voiceless

B - P | V - F | G - K | Ğ - Q | D - T | J - Ş | C - Ç

If a word ends on voiced consonant it sounds like voiceless

tabib - [tabip]

it affects on inflections

ex. Tabib - doctor | to doctor - tabibqa (not tabibğa cuz sound p is voiceless regardless b is voiced)

Nasal letters

M m | N n | Ñ ñ

If a word ends on nasal letter it has a different plural form.

ex. Streets - Uramnar (not Uramlar)

Rules of spelling

Main rule: “It’s spelled the way it sounds”

Exceptions:

  1. ı after o

If the word sounds like it has two or more letters "o" that means it actually have only one letter o

ex. Nose - Borın (sounds [BORON])

2. e after ö

same as 1

ex. Fox - Tölke (sounds [TÖLKÖ])


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