About Turkish Language Reformation

Tomnoddy   Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:19 am GMT
Why was Arabic alphabet ultimately replaced by a modified form of Latin alphabet in the reform of Turkish language ?

Did "Mustafa Kemal Atatürk" want to eliminate the loan words from Arabic & Persian? Did he think that Latin Alphabet would meet the demand of Turkish language ? & Does he prefer European fashion to Muslim culture ?
oleole   Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:50 am GMT
I think there is indeed no need to use Arabic Alphabet for Turkish, as it is really difficult. and in Arabic there are many sounds and letters that do not exist at all in Turkish, for ex some variety of 'h' letter whereas in Turkish only one variety of 'h' letter needed. some additional letters like ö,ü,ç,ş,ğ,ı,â are quite enough for Turkish and suits enough for the sounds there are in Turkish when it is used Latin Alphabet. on the whole all the languages day by day are going to simplify and that is why Latin Alphabet is nowadays of benefit to use than Arabic Alphabet.
Guest   Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:21 pm GMT
The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success, see here:

http://eseong.ath.cx/

http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-2029.html

For more resources on turkic languages, see here:

http://www.turkiclanguages.com/
ASCM   Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:17 am GMT
A Catastrophic success?
Simon   Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:01 am GMT
I think that learning Turkish is a good idea. If you do internet searches you will see that it is one of the languages of the future.