TURKIC BITIG GRAMMAR

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Ⅰ. ABOUT

1. Direction: right to left,

2. Total 38 letters:
⇀ 4 vowels
⇀ 10 (10x2) back-front consonants pairs
⇀ 6 single consonants
⇀ 4 vowel-consonant diphthongs
⇀ 4 double-consonant diphthongs

Ⅱ. RULES

1. Reading vowels depends on the consonant that stands nearby
⇀with back-vowel consonants: back (hard) vowel (a, ı, o, u) , e.g. -/ba/, -/sı/
⇀ with front-vowel consonants: front (soft) vowel (e, i, ö, ü) , e.g. -/be/, -/si/
⇀ with other consonants sings depends on the hardness or softness of the word

2. R͟E͟A͟D͟I͟N͟G͟ C͟O͟N͟S͟O͟N͟A͟N͟T͟S͟

⇀ word with max 2 signs
      ↬  single consonant: its name, e.g. -/ed/, -/oq/
      ↬  two consonants: its names, e.g. - /elek/ (el-ek)
      ↬  before "": its name, e.g. -/ede/ (ed-), -/ata/ (at-)
      ↬  before ", , ": consonant only, e.g. -/bu/ (b-), -/mı/ (m-)
⇀  in word min 3 sings:
      ↬ * in the first syllable:
           ⇲ the 1st sign and after it "": its name, e.g. -/atan/ (at-), -/azamat/ (az-)
           ⇲ the 1st sign and after it consonant: consonant+"" letter,  -/qağan/ (qa-), -/zamam/ (za-)
            ⇲ middle of two vowels, but 1st is not "a/e": just voice, e.g. -/atom/ (-t-), -/ağım/ (-ğ-)
      ↬ in other syllable:
             ⇲ consonant+vowel: consonant only, e.g. -/dede/ (-d-), -/mato/ (-t-), -/sarala/(sa-, -ra-)
             ⇲ before a consonant: consonant+ (if previous syllable with "" then "", another case by vowel harmony "↣, ↣//") , м. -/dede/ (de-), -/mato/ (ma-), -/bodun, bodın/
      ↬ end of word: consonant only, e.g. -/kün/ (-n), -/qağan/ (-n), -/ot/ (-t)

3. R͟U͟L͟E͟S͟ F͟O͟R͟ S͟K͟I͟P͟P͟I͟N͟G͟ V͟O͟W͟E͟L͟S͟
⇀ letter "": except end of word and «""+consonants+vowel» construction, e.g. (), -›, -›
⇀ letter ", , ": previous syllable with same letter, e.g. -›, -›, -›
⇀ ° previous syllable with "" then skip letter "":
⇀ ° previous syllable with "" then can skipped letter ""

4. W͟R͟I͟T͟I͟N͟G͟ O͟F͟ D͟I͟P͟H͟T͟H͟O͟N͟G͟S͟: ", , , "
⇀ head of word: first two voice are its name then write this letters and the vowel, e.g. qol-, qız-
⇀ end of word: last two voice are its name then write this letters only, e.g. Türük-, balıq-, yarlıq-

5. C͟O͟M͟P͟O͟U͟N͟D͟ W͟O͟R͟D͟S͟ O͟R͟ W͟O͟R͟D͟ W͟I͟T͟H͟ S͟U͟F͟F͟I͟X͟E͟S͟
⇀ root of the word unchanging , м. -/qara-bas/ [≠], -/yaña-taş/ [≠]