鞑靼语字母

鞑靼语大部分是谐音词，就是说通常可以从拼写推测单词读音。此规则不适用于新近借入单词，如summit and names.

• A – a as in "ugly"
• Ä – ä as in "man", but less open
• B – be as in "bell"
• C – ce as in "pleasure"
• Ç – çe as in "usher" or "chocolate" but without first [t]
• D – de as in "decade" (the tongue touches only the front teeth but not the palate.)
• E – e as in "six" or "needed"
• F – fe as in "federal"
• G – ge as in "get"
• Ğ – ğı is back version of g, very close to back r in French
• H – he as in "helicopter"
• I – ı as in "number"
• İ – i as in "kiss" or "read"
• Í – í as in "beyond"
• J – je as in "garage" pronounced as in French & English)
• K – ke as in "kettle"
• L – le as in "leg"
• M – me as in "men"
• N – ne as in "never"
• Ñ – ñe as in "English" and "song"
• O – o as in "orchestra" and "obligation"
• Ö – ö as in "urbane" and like German ö
• P – pe as in "pen"
• Q – qu as in "Iraq"
• R – re as in Spanish "carro" (the tongue vibrates doing a few touches of palate during pronunciation of one sound)
• S – se as in "sell"
• Ş – şe as in ""slash"
• T – te as in "telephone" (the tongue touches only the front teeth but not the palate.)
• U – u as in "oops!"
• Ü – ü as in "jew" and like German ü
• V – ve as in "vegetable"
• W – we as in "wall"
• Y – ye as in "yes"
• X – xa close to that in "chemistry", or like Scottish "ch" in "loch"
• Z – ze as in "zebra"