Azerbaijani/Contents (Latin)/Alphabet

This page will teach you the Azerbaijani alphabet, or əlifba. As you may have already noticed, this book will teach you the Latin version of Azerbaijani, so the alphabet shouldn't be too hard to get to grips with.

Əlifba

Letter	Name of the letter	IPA	Pronunciation of the letter (English approximation)
A a	a	a	Like a in father
B b	be	b	Like b in bad.
C c	ce	ʤ	Like j in jump.
Ç ç	çe	tʃ	Like ch in church.
D d	de	d	Like d in duck, but slightly softer.
E e	e	e	Like e in ten.
Ə ə	ə	æ	Has no exact English equivalent. It's basically a much softer e. Sounds like the German ä as in Mädchen.
F f	fe	f	Like f in four.
G g	ge	g'	Like g in goal.
Ğ ğ	yumuşaq ge	ɣ	You never find these at the beginning of words because they are always preceded by vowels. This letter is used to lengthen the preceding vowel. It is sort of similar to the Arabic ﻍ.
H h	he	h	Same as the English.
X x	xe	x	Like the ch in loch.
I ı	ı	ɯ	Like io in nation.
İ i	i	ɪ	Like y in berry.
J j	je	ʒ	Like s in pleasure.
K k	ke	k	Like the c in cat.
Q q	qe	g	Slightly softer g. Pronounce it towards the back of your throat. Like the g in gun.
L l	le	l	Same as English.
M m	me	m	Like m in more.
N n	ene	n	Like n in no.
O o	o	ɔ	Like o in odd.
Ö ö	ö	œ	Has no exact English equivalent. Same as the German ö, and close to the eu in the French word, seul. Closest English equivalent is possibly the i in bird.
P p	pe	p	Like p in port.
R r	re	r	Same as the r in rat.
S s	se	s	Like s in six.
Şş	şe	ʃ	Same as the English sh.
T t	te	t	Does not have an exact English equivalent. Like to the t in ten, but instead of the tongue touching the roof of the mouth behind the teeth, it should touch the teeth themselves.
U u	u	u	Like the u in put.
Ü ü	ü	y	Same as the German ü, or the French word eu. A close example would be the u in flute, or better yet, the ü in the English slang expression über.
V v	ve	v	Same as the English.
Y y	ye	j	Same as the English.
Z z	ze	z	Same as the English.