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Feramez
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Topic: What does Turkish sound like to non-Turks Posted: 25-Aug-2005 at 23:08 |
I'm sure a lot of people wonder this same thing about the language they group up with and speak. So I'd like to hear what you people think it sounds like, do you like the sound? What language would/do you confuse it for? etc.
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Maju
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Posted: 26-Aug-2005 at 00:01 |
I have it a little forgotten (actually I can only recall greetings like merhaba or greshere and food names like shish kebab and cay)
to me the vowel system sounds like a mixture of German and French,
while the consonants are easier and more familiar. I recall that the
gramatic was quite simple, what is always nice, and at least you don't
pile up consonants in unpronuntiable clusters like some other languages
do.
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Posted: 26-Aug-2005 at 01:13 |
I think that It sounds like a little bit soft - persian.
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Posted: 26-Aug-2005 at 03:33 |
To me, when I don't focus on words but on sounds it sounds like Korean or Japanese (!) and sometimes it has even sounded as native American (!!!) - not sure which dialect.
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Posted: 26-Aug-2005 at 18:54 |
I think it sounds sexy when spoken by a woman
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Posted: 26-Aug-2005 at 19:24 |
All languages sound sexy when spoken by a sexy woman
Anatolian Turkish sounds like Anatolian Turkish to me, but I have heard it a lot, so... I would say it can sound like Persian - when i was younger and didnt know better I thought the languages were related.
to me it is too distinctive to lump with anything else. it has a lot of "lu" "ul" "lar" sounds and endings with "q".
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erci
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Posted: 26-Aug-2005 at 20:51 |
that's because those are the most common suffix in Turkish.
limon+lu = With lemon
limon+lar = lemons
Turkish alphabet doesn't have letter Q so I think you meant letter K but yeah it sounds like q
Turkish sounds like a bit russian to me.with lot of sh, ch, I and u sounds
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Posted: 26-Aug-2005 at 23:30 |
to me it sounds a little like softer Korean with less CHs
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Posted: 27-Aug-2005 at 01:06 |
Originally posted by Zagros
to me it is too distinctive to lump with anything else. it has a lot of "lu" "ul" "lar" sounds and endings with "q".
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i think the same.
and that somehow littel musical and it doesn't sound like persian
as i said Persian sounds soft and Turkish is more uniqe than that with the ul and lar.
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Posted: 27-Aug-2005 at 02:50 |
When I was in Turkey its prononcation didnt stand out to me in any definable way, but if you were to just look how it is written then you might think it would sound like this....
iyeeeee helliyyyeee hyeee ieeyeee baklaviyeeee
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Posted: 27-Aug-2005 at 05:07 |
lol Tobodai
that is more like someone from Norway than Turkey
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Posted: 27-Aug-2005 at 05:47 |
Originally posted by Tobodai
When I was in Turkey its prononcation didnt stand out to me in any definable way, but if you were to just look how it is written then you might think it would sound like this....
iyeeeee helliyyyeee hyeee ieeyeee baklaviyeeee
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Turkiyeeeee Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye Shhiye, Adliye etc. lol
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Posted: 27-Aug-2005 at 12:12 |
Originally posted by Tobodai
When I was in Turkey its prononcation didnt stand out to me in any definable way, but if you were to just look how it is written then you might think it would sound like this....
iyeeeee helliyyyeee hyeee ieeyeee baklaviyeeee
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actually those "e"'s on the end are short "e's" like it is in french =>
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Posted: 27-Aug-2005 at 22:34 |
When I hear Turkish spoken, I have to hear close because it can sound very much like Hungarian until I get a good listen.
But we have the same wording format ! I can hear the words ending in
-ek, -em, -e, -ok, -an things like that which is exactly the same as Hungarian.
Hungarian and Turk share hundreds of the same words too.! Id like to learn it actually because I think it would be quite easy since it is in the same language family as us.
someone wrote on here once:
"Zsembemben sok alma van" - Magyar(Hungarian)
"Cebimde chok elma var" -Turkish
Both mean "I have alot of apples in my pocket"
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Posted: 27-Aug-2005 at 23:15 |
I usually carry my apples in a bag, but I do catch your drift!
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Posted: 29-Aug-2005 at 23:29 |
Turkish language is not similar to Persian, if you compare Turkish with another language, try Tocharian
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Posted: 30-Aug-2005 at 02:04 |
Originally posted by minchickie
someone wrote on here once:
"Zsembemben sok alma van" - Magyar(Hungarian)
"Cebimde chok elma var" -Turkish
Both mean "I have alot of apples in my pocket" |
so,
sok=many
van=to have, there is
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I used to listen to a Hungarian band named OMEGA.I still have a few
albums of them somewhere.If I wasn't focused I would have thought songs
were in a different dialect of Turkish.I've heard that Hungarian is one
of the most difficult languages to learn, is that so?
I've requested a Hungarian to English dictionary from library and hopefully will recieve it next week
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erci
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Posted: 30-Aug-2005 at 02:13 |
Originally posted by Hak-Khan
Turkish language is not similar to Persian, if you compare Turkish with another language, try Tocharian
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sh and ch sounds very common in Tocharian as well
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"When one hears such music, what can one say, but .... Salieri?"
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Posted: 01-Sep-2005 at 09:18 |
A freind once said that Turkish sounds like Chinese.
Uygur Turkish is meant to sound like Arabic
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Posted: 10-Sep-2005 at 07:15 |
Turkish to me sounds actually alot like Polish.
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