The Armeno-Turkish Alphabet

Having learned from Nareg Seferian that the Armenian alphabet was used to write Ottoman Turkish, I have had difficulty finding a table showing how Armenian letters could be used in place of the Latin letters of the alphabet, introduced in 1928, that is currently used for writing Turkish.

A natural place for such a table would be a Wikipedia article on the Armeno-Turkish alphabet. The article on the Turkish alphabet refers to the use of Armenian letters, but not to an Armeno-Turkish alphabet as such. The article on the Armenian alphabet does name an Armeno-Turkish alphabet, citing Andrew T. Pratt, “On the Armeno-Turkish Alphabet,” in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 8 (1866), pp. 374-376. (I have a copy of this article, supplied by Nareg.) The creation of a Wikipedia article on the Armeno-Turkish alphabet might be a worthy project; but this has not currently been accomplished.

Neither is there currently an article on the Turkish alphabet the Armenian Wikipedia. There is however an Armenian article on the Turkish language, and from there I have taken the table below. The transliterations in the last column are from the English Wikipedia article on the Armenian alphabet.

letter

IPA

Հայերեն մոտավոր
արտասանություն

transliteration

A

a

/a/

Ա

ա

a

B

b

/b/

Բ

բ

b

Պ պ

C

c

/dʒ/

Ջ

ջ

ǰ

Ճ ճ

Ç

ç

/tʃ/

Ջ

չ

čʿ, č

D

d

/d/

Դ

դ

d

Տ տ

E

e

/e/, /æ/

Է

է

ē

F

f

/f/

Ֆ

ֆ

f

G

g

/ɡ/, /ɟ/

Գ

գ

g

Կ կ

Ğ

ğ

/ɰ/

Ղ

ղ

ł, ġ

H

h

/h/

Հ

հ

h

I

ı

/ɯ/

Ը

ը

ə, ë

İ

i

/i/

Ի

ի

i

J

j

/ʒ/

Ժ

ժ

ž

K

k

/k/, /c/

Կ / Ք

կ կամ ք

k / kʿ, k’

Ք ք (sometimes Գ գ)

L

l

/ɫ/, /l/

Լ

լ

l

M

m

/m/

Մ

մ

m

N

n

/n/

Ն

ն

n

O

o

/o/

Օ

օ

ō, ò

Ո ո or Օ օ

Ö

ö

/ø/

քմային օ

Էօ էօ

P

p

/p/

Պ

պ կամ փ

p / pʿ, p’

Փ փ (sometimes Բ բ)

R

r

/ɾ/

Ր

ր

r

Ր ր

S

s

/s/

Ս

ս

s

Ş

ş

/ʃ/

Շ

շ

š

T

t

/t/

Տ / Թ

տ կամ թ

t / tʿ, t’

Թ թ (sometimes Դ դ)

U

u

/u/

Ու

ու

ow

Ü

ü

/y/

քմային ու

Իւ իւ

V

v

/v/

Վ

վ

v

Վ վ (or Ւ ւ in some cases)

Y

y

/j/

Յ

յ

y

Z

z

/z/

Զ

զ

z
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