Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\nInter-intelligibility among each of these groups is very high, the North Eastern group being a special case as it is separated geographically, religiously and culturally from the other groups.<\/p>\n
What does inter-intelligibility mean for Turkish learners? Once you are fluent in Turkish, it won\u2019t be difficult for you to understand languages like Azerbaijani or Uzbek. Actually, if you speak Turkish, you will be understood even as far as Kyrgyzstan (Turkish facts rarely get more motivating than this!)<\/p>\n
6. Turkish Has No Diphthongs?<\/h2>\n
The Turkish language has 8 vowels: \u27e8a\u27e9, \u27e8e\u27e9, \u27e8\u0131\u27e9, \u27e8i\u27e9, \u27e8o\u27e9, \u27e8\u00f6\u27e9, \u27e8u\u27e9, \u27e8\u00fc\u27e9. The Turkish vowel system can be described as three-dimensional. Vowels are defined by their place and manner of articulation by looking at three key features: rounded or unrounded, front or back, and low or high.<\/p>\n
But are there diphthongs in Turkish?<\/p>\n
Yes and no. Though a few diphthongs can be heard while someone is speaking Turkish, these are found in words of foreign origin. But when it comes to originally Turkish words, there are no phonemic diphthongs.<\/p>\n
Even in loanwords, when one vowel follows another vowel in the spelling of a word, each vowel preserves its individual sound. For example, aile<\/i><\/em> [a.i.le], <\/i>laik<\/i><\/em> [la.ic].<\/p>\n7. Turkish Words Are Oxytone<\/h2>\n
Oxytone words are accented on the last syllable. In Turkish, only place names, loanwords, some adverbials, and a few suffixed words are accented on other syllables.<\/p>\n
Phonetic studies show that in words that have a non-final accent, such as banmamak<\/i><\/em> (not to dip), the stressed syllable is said in a higher pitch and more loudly than the ones before or after it.<\/p>\nWhen the stress is final (which happens most often), as in banmak<\/i><\/em> (to dip) the rise in pitch is much more subtle. In fact, many linguists argue that Turkish words are not accented at all.<\/p>\n8. Turkish Is an Agglutinative Language<\/h2>\n
Is there room in your mind for a few more Turkish facts?<\/p>\n
Turkish is an agglutinative language, which means that words may contain several unchangeable morphemes to determine their meanings, and it relies on agglutination and affixation to create new words, for example, a verb from a noun. These suffixes indicate both meaning and grammatical function.<\/p>\n
The intensive use of affixation often gives rise to impossibly long words such as \u00c7ekoslovakyal\u0131la\u015ft\u0131ramad\u0131klar\u0131m\u0131zdanm\u0131\u015fs\u0131n\u0131zcas\u0131na<\/i><\/em>, which means “As if you were one of those we didn\u2019t succeed in converting to Czechoslovakian\u201d.<\/p>\n9. There is a Whistled Form of Turkish<\/h2>\n
The locals in the village of Ku\u015fk\u00f6y (province of Giresun) have been using a whistled variety of Turkish for over 400 years. This Turkish region consists of a group of deep valleys and the rare mode of conversation allows for communications over distances of up to 4 kilometres.<\/p>\n
According to the Turkish government, there are currently around 10,000 people using Whistled Turkish.<\/p>\n
Once believed to be a dying language, the introduction of a course on this dialect in schools all across the region has succeeded in reviving this peculiar variety and its cultural heritage.<\/p>\n
You can hear it being used and learn a bit more about this unique language in this video:<\/p>\n
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