Turkmen (Türkmençe / Түркменче / تۆرکمنچه using the Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic scripts) is a Turkic language spoken in Turkmenistan and northeastern Iran.
Turkmen is primarily written using the Latin alphabet in Turkmenistan.
; A a: like f__a__ther ; Ä ä: like h__a__ir ; E e: like b__e__d ; I i: like s__i__ck ; O o: like t__oe__ ; Ö ö: like b__ir__d ; U u: like w__oo__d ; Y y: like ros__e__s ; Ü ü: pronounced as in German, make a sound like "ee", but round your lips like you are going to say "oo"
; B b: like __b__oat ; D d: like __d__og ; J j: like __j__olt ; Z z: like __th__en ; F f: like __f__ollow ; G g: like a__g__o ; H h: like __h__allow ; Ý ý: like __y__ellow ; K k: like __c__ourt ; L l: like __l__ate ; M m: like __m__ango ; N n: like __n__arrow ; Ň ň: like si__ng__er ; P p: like __p__arrot ; Q q: like __q__uail ; R r: like __r__ail ; Ş ş: like __sh__oe ; T t: like __t__able ; Ç ç: like __ch__at ; S s: like __th__ink ; W w: like __v__ile
Common signs
; OPEN : ; CLOSED : ; ENTRANCE : ; EXIT : ; PUSH : ; PULL : ; TOILET : ; MEN : ; WOMEN : ; FORBIDDEN :
; Hello. : Salam. (sah-lam) ; Hello. (informal) : . () ; How are you? : Nähilisiň? (Nae-hee-lee-seeng?) ; Fine, thank you. : . (yaxshi, sagh bol) ; What is your name? : Adyň näme? (Ah-duhng-nae-meh?) ; My name is ______ . : Meniň adym ______ . (Meh-ning-ah-duhm _____ .) ; Nice to meet you. : Tanşanyma örän şat . (tanshanyma őrän shat) ; Please. : Baş. (ba-sh) ; Thank you. : Sag boluň. (sahg-bol-ung) ; You're welcome. : . () ; Yes. :Hawa . (Ho-wa) ; No. :Yok . (*deep o as in Egg yolk) ; Excuse me. Bagyşlaň (getting attention) : . () ; Excuse me. (begging pardon) : . () ; I'm sorry. : . () ; Goodbye :Sag boluň. (sahg-bohl-ung) ; Goodbye Görüşýänçäk (informal) : . () ; I don't speak Turkmen. :Men türkmençe geplemeýärin (men-toork-men-che-gap-ley-mayah-rin) ; Do you speak English? :Siz iňlisçe gepleýärsiňizmi? ? (siz-ing-lis-che-gap-ley-ahr-ing-izmi ?) ; Is there someone here who speaks English? :Bärde iñlisçe gürläp bilýän kimdir biri barmy? (?) ; Help! :kömek ediň! (!) ; Look out! : ! (!) ; Good morning. :ertiriňiz haýyrly bolsun. (er-ti-ring-iz-hay-uhr-luh-bol-sun) ; Good evening. :agşamyňyz haýyrly bolsun. (ahg-sham-uhng-uhz-hay-uhr-luh-bol-sun) ; Good night. :gijäňiz rahat bolsun. (gee-jahng-iz-rah-hat-bol-sun) ; Good night (to sleep) : . (__) ; I don't understand. : Men Düshümedim . (men-du-shu-me-dim') ; Where is the toilet? : ? (?) ;Where are you from?: Siz nireli :& :siz nireden
; 0 : nol (nohl) ; 1 : bir (beer) ; 2 : iki (ee-kee) ; 3 : üç (uech) ; 4 : dört (doert) ; 5 : baş (bash) ; 6 : alty (ahl-tuh) ; 7 : ýedi (yeh-dee) ; 8 : sekiz (theh-kidh) ; 9 : dokuz (doh-kudh) ; 10 : on (on) ; 11 : on bir (on-beer) ; 12 : on iki (on-ee-kee) ; 13 : on üç (on-uech) ; 14 : on dört (on-doert) ; 15 : on baş (on-bash) ; 16 : on alty (on-ahl-tuh) ; 17 : on ýedi (on-yeh-dee) ; 18 : on sekiz (on-theh-kidh) ; 19 : on dokuz (on-doh-kudh) ; 20 : ýigrimi (yee-gree-mee) ; 21 : ýigrimi bir (yee-gree-mee-beer) ; 22 : ýigrimi iki (yee-gree-mee-ee-kee) ; 23 : ýigrimi üç (yee-gree-mee-uech) ; 30 : otuz (oh-toodh) ; 40 : kyrk (kuhrk) ; 50 : elli (elli) ; 60 : altmyş (ahlt-muhsh) ; 70 : ýetmiş (yet-mish) ; 80 : segsen (theg-then) ; 90 : dogsan (dok-than) ; 100 : ýüz (yuedh) ; 101 : ýüz bir (yuedh-beer) ; 200 : iki ýüz (ee-kee-yuedh) ; 300 : üç ýüz (uech-yuedh) ; 400 : dört ýüz(doert-yuedh) ; 500 : baş ýüz(bash-yuedh) ; 600 : alty ýüz (ahl-tuh-yuedh) ; 700 : ýedi ýüz (yeh-dee-yuedh) ; 800 : sekiz ýüz (theh-kidh-yuedh) ; 900 : dokuz ýüz (doh-kudh-yuedh) ; 1000 : müň (mueng) ; 2000 : iki müň (ee-kee-mueng) ; 1,000,000 : bir million (beer-milyon) ; 1,000,000,000 : bir milyar (beer-milyar)
;Monday : Duşenbe ;Tuesday : Sişenbe ;Wednesday : Çarşenbe ;Thursday : Penşenbe ;Friday : Anna ;Saturday : Şenbe ;Sunday : Ýekşenbe
; January :Ýanwar (yan-var) ; February :Fewral (fev-ral) ; March :Mart (mah-rt) ; April :Aprel (ah-preel) ; May :Maý (mai) ; June :Iýun (ee-yoon) ; July :Iýul (ee-yool) ; August :Awgust (av-goost) ; September :Sentýabr (sent-yah-br) ; October :Oktýabr (ohkt-yah-br) ; November :Noýabr (noh-yah-br) ; December :Dekabr (deh-kah-br)
; black : gara (gah-rah) ; blue : gök (go-yuk) ; brown : goňur (gong-oor) ; gray : çal (chal) ; green : ýaşyl (yah-shul) ; orange : narynç (nah-ruhn-ch) ; pink : gülgün (gool-goon) ; purple : benewşe (beh-neh-she) ; red : gyzyl (guh-zuhl) ; white: ak (ahk) ; yellow : sary (sah-ruh)