Turkish Family
Which language family does Turkish belong to? (modernly)
Turkic Family
What is vowel harmony in Turkish?
suffix vowels change to match the last vowel of the root
Its alphabet was adopted in 1928 and is based on the Latin script.
Turkish alphabet
In Turkish, the single pronoun ‘o’ can mean he, she, or it. What feature of the language does this demonstrate
no grammatical gender
How many speakers speak Turkish natively?
around 80 million
What are the names of words formed by joining two or more smaller words to create a new word with a unique meaning?
Compound words
This language uses root-based (templatic) morphology, building words from 3-consonant roots
Arabic language
What word order does turkish follow?
SOV
Which language family did linguists believe Turkish fell under before accepting the Turkic family?
Altaic Langauge family
a phrase built around a noun (the main word) and can include words that describe or modify that noun.
Noun phrase= Noun + modifier
This language has heavy consonant use, including guttural sounds
arabic language
Which branch does Turkish belong to under the Turkic language family?
Oghuz branch