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Turkic Lexicon
Common Script
The Common Script is an alphabet I designed to be compatible with all the Turkic languages. While it is modeled off the Turkish alphabet, it contains an extra set of characters meant to transcribe sounds that are not present in Turkish.
Common Script | IPA |
|---|---|
A a | /ɐ/ /ɑ/ /ɒ/ |
Ä ä | /a/ /æ/ /ä/ |
E e | /e/ /ɛ/ /ɜ/ |
Ĕ ĕ | /ɘ/ /ə/ |
I ı | /ɨ/ /ɯ/ |
İ i | /i/ /ɪ/ |
Ĭ ı̆ | /ɤ/ |
O o | /o/ /ɔ/ /ʌ/ |
Ö ö | /ø/ /œ/ /ɶ/ /ɞ/ |
Ŏ ŏ | /o̽/ /ɔ̽/ |
U u | /u/ /ʊ/ |
Ü ü | /y/ /ʏ/ /ʉ̞/ |
B b | /b/ /β/ |
P p | /p/ |
V v | /v/ |
W w | /w/ |
H h | /h/ |
F f | /f/ /ɸ/ |
M m | /m/ |
Ŋ ŋ | /ŋ/ |
Ɲ ɲ | /ɲ/ |
N n | /n/ /ɴ/ |
K k | /k/ |
Q q | /q/ |
X x | /x/ /χ/ |
G g | /g/ |
Ğ ğ | /ɣ/ /ʁ/ /ɢ/ |
D d | /d/ |
T t | /t/ |
Y y | /j/ |
J j | /ʒ/ /ʑ/ |
C c | /d͡ʒ/ /d͡ʑ/ |
Ç ç | /t͡ʃ/ /t͡ɕ/ |
S s | /s/ |
Ş ş | /ʃ/ /ɕ/ |
Ȿ ȿ | /θ/ |
Ś ś | /ç/ |
Z z | /z/ |
Ɀ ɀ | /ð/ |
Ź ź | /ʝ/ |
R r | /ɾ/ /r/ |
L l | /l/ |
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