1. TURKISH LANGUAGE ORIGINS Presented by Turkish students

2. LANGUAGES

3. URAL-ALTAIC

4. TURKISH LANGUAGE TREE

5. Countries with significant Turkish- speaking populations

6. Total speakers:over 100 million worldwide Ranking:23 Total speakers:over 100 million worldwide Ranking:23 Language family:Altaic (controversial)Turkic Southwestern Turkic (Oghuz) Western Oghuz Turkish Writing system:Latin alphabet (Turkish variant) Language family:Altaic (controversial)Turkic Southwestern Turkic (Oghuz) Western Oghuz Turkish Writing system:Latin alphabet (Turkish variant)

7. Official language in: Official language in: Turkey Northern Cyprus Cyprus Kosovo (regional) Macedonia(regional) Romania(recognized) Iraq (In Kerkük, Tal Afar) Turkey Northern Cyprus Cyprus Kosovo (regional) Macedonia(regional) Romania(recognized) Iraq (In Kerkük, Tal Afar)

8. SPOKEN IN Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,and by immigrant communities in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey)Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,and by immigrant communities in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey)

9. Features of Turkish Language With a few exceptions, the main features which distinquish the Altaic languages from Indo- European are as follows: With a few exceptions, the main features which distinquish the Altaic languages from Indo- European are as follows: Vowel harmony is a feature of all Ural-Altaic tongues Vowel harmony is a feature of all Ural-Altaic tongues No gender No gender Agglutination Agglutination Adjectives precede nouns Adjectives precede nouns Verbs come at the end of the sentence!! Verbs come at the end of the sentence!!

10. TURKISH ALPHABET

11. A B C Ç D E F G Ğ H I İ J K L M N O Ö P R S Ş T U Ü V Y Z A B C Ç D E F G Ğ H I İ J K L M N O Ö P R S Ş T U Ü V Y Z

12. A => Ugly A => Ugly

13. C => Jealous C => Jealous

14. Ç => Chair Ç => Chair

15. I => Number I => Number

16. J => Asia J => Asia

17. Ö => Urge Ö => Urge

18. Ş => Shelf Ş => Shelf

19. Ü => Fruit Ü => Fruit

20. There is no word that begins with the letter Ğ

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22. SURPRISE!!!!

23. QUIZ TIME QUIZ TIME

24. Question 1 Turkish belongs to …… linguistic family A)BrahmicB)Ural-AltaicC)Indo-European

25. THE ANSWER IS!!!!!! THE ANSWER IS!!!!!!

26. Turkish belongs to Ural- Altaic linguistic family

27. Question 2 Verbs come at the end of the sentence Verbs come at the end of the sentenceA)TRUEB)FALSE

28. TRUE TRUE

29. Question 3 Which one is pronunces as ‘A’ in Turkish? A)Ugly B)Elephant C)Urge D)Shelf

30. The Answer Is “Ugly”

31. Question 4 Which one is pronunced as ‘C’ in Turkish? A)Fruit B)Bell C)Jealous D)Federal

32. The Answer Is “C”

33. Question 5 In which country the spoken language is Turkish? A)Russia B)Mongolia C)Afghanistan D)Kazakhistan

34. The Answer Is “Kazakhistan”

35. Last Question Which one comes at the end of the sentence in Turkish Which one comes at the end of the sentence in TurkishA)ObjectB)Verb

36. The Answer Is “Verb”

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