Ottoman Turkish alphabet

The Ottoman Turkish alphabet ( elifbâ) was the version of the Perso-Arabic

Perso-Arabic

Perso-Arabic may refer to*the syncretism of Persian and Arabic culture during the Caliphate era, see Islamization in Iran*Arabic influence on the Classic Persian language...

 alphabet that was used for the Ottoman Turkish language

Ottoman Turkish language

Ottoman Turkish is the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. It contains extensive borrowings from Arabic and Persian languages and was written in a variant of the Perso-Arabic script...

 during the time of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299 to November 1, 1922 The Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish: دَوْلَتِ عَلِیَّهِ عُثْمَانِیَّه Dawlet-il ʿAliyyat-il ʿOs̠māniyye, Modern Turkish:...

 and in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, until the adoption of the new Turkish alphabet

Turkish alphabet

The Turkish alphabet is a Latin-based alphabet used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters, a certain number of which have been adapted or modified for the phonetic requirements of the language.These letters are:...

, derived from the Latin Alphabet

Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. It evolved from the western variety of the Greek alphabet called the Cumaean alphabet, and was initially developed by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.During the...

, on November 1, 1928.

The Alphabet

Isolated	Final	Middle	Initial	Name	Modern Turkish alphabet Turkish alphabet The Turkish alphabet is a Latin-based alphabet used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters, a certain number of which have been adapted or modified for the phonetic requirements of the language.These letters are:...	IPA
ﺍ	ﺎ	—		elif	a, e	[a], [e]
ﺀ	—			hemze
ﺏ	ﺐ	ﺒ	ﺑ	be	b	[b]
ﭖ	ﭗ	ﭙ	ﭘ	pe	p	[p]
ﺕ	ﺖ	ﺘ	ﺗ	te	t	[t]
ﺙ	ﺚ	ﺜ	ﺛ	se	s	[s]
ﺝ	ﺞ	ﺠ	ﺟ	cim	c	[ʤ]
ﭺ	ﭻ	ﭽ	ﭼ	çim	ç	[tʃ]
ﺡ	ﺢ	ﺤ	ﺣ	ha	h	[ħ]
ﺥ	ﺦ	ﺨ	ﺧ	hı	h	[x]
ﺩ	ﺪ	—		dal	d	[d]
ﺫ	ﺬ	—		zel	z	[z]
ﺭ	ﺮ	—		re	r	[r]
ﺯ	ﺰ	—		ze	z	[z]
ﮊ	ﮋ	—		je	j	[ʒ]
ﺱ	ﺲ	ﺴ	ﺳ	sin	s	[s]
ﺵ	ﺶ	ﺸ	ﺷ	şın	ş	[ʃ]
ﺹ	ﺺ	ﺼ	ﺻ	sad	s	[s]
ﺽ	ﺾ	ﻀ	ﺿ	dad	d, z	[d]
ﻁ	ﻂ	ﻄ	ﻃ	tı	t	[t]
ﻅ	ﻆ	ﻈ	ﻇ	zı	z	[z]
ﻉ	ﻊ	ﻌ	ﻋ	ayn	', h (or omitted)	[ʕ]
ﻍ	ﻎ	ﻐ	ﻏ	gayn	g, ğ	[ʁ]
ﻑ	ﻒ	ﻔ	ﻓ	fe	f	[f]
ﻕ	ﻖ	ﻘ	ﻗ	kaf	k	[q]
ﻙ	ﻚ	ﻜ	ﻛ	kef	k, g, ğ, n	[k]
ﮒ	ﮓ	ﮕ	ﮔ	gef¹	g, ğ	[g]
ﯓ	ﯔ	ﯖ	ﯕ	nef, sağır kef	n	[ñ]
ﻝ	ﻞ	ﻠ	ﻟ	lam	l	[l]
ﻡ	ﻢ	ﻤ	ﻣ	mim	m	[m]
ﻥ	ﻦ	ﻨ	ﻧ	nun	n	[n]
ﻭ	ﻮ	—		vav	v, o, ö, u, ü	[v], [o], [œ], [u], [y]
ﻩ	ﻪ	ﻬ	ﻫ	he	h, e, a	[h], [æ]
ﻯ	ﻰ	ﻴ	ﻳ	ye	y, ı, i	[j], [ɯ], [i]

¹A correct Ottoman variant of gef will have the "mini-kaf" of ﻙ and the doubled upper stroke of گ. This feature is surely rare in current fonts.

Numerals

Ottoman Turkish used the Eastern Arabic numerals

Eastern Arabic numerals

The Eastern Arabic numerals are the symbols used to represent the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in conjunction with the Arabic alphabet in Egypt, Sudan as well as Asian non-Arabic countries, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India, as well as with the obsolete Ottoman Turkish alphabet...

. The following is the list of basic cardinal numerals with their spelling in the modern Turkish alphabet in parentheses.

Number	Arabic form	Modern Turk Turkic languages The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family.Turkic languages are spoken by some... ish Spelling
٠	0	sıfır
۱	1	bir
۲	2	iki
٣	3	üç
٤	4	dört
٥	5	beş
٦	6	altı
٧	7	yedi
٨	8	sekiz
٩	9	dokuz
۱٠	10	on