Turkish Cypriot Society - Languages of Northern Cyprus, Organizations Based in Northern Cyprus, Cypriot Turkish, Turkish Resistance Organisation (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Languages of Northern Cyprus, Organizations Based in Northern Cyprus, Cypriot Turkish, Turkish Resistance Organisation, Turkish Cypriot Diaspora, Cypriot Maronite Arabic, Turkish Cypriot Protestants, Association of Turkish Cypriots Abroad, Cyprus Turkish Unions Federation. Excerpt: Cypriot Turkish, also known as Gibrizlidja, is a vernacular language spoken by Turkish Cypriots. Cypriot Turkish is the vernacular spoken by Turkish Cypriots both in Cyprus and among the half a million diaspora. Strongly influenced by Kipriaki or Cypriot Greek, it descends from Early Anatolian Turkish (OAT). Emanating from Anatolia and evolved over five centuries, Cypriot Turkish is the vernacular spoken by Cypriots with Ottoman ancestry, as well as by Cypriots who converted to Islam during Ottoman rule. It is understood by expatriate Cypriots living in the UK, U.S., Australia and other parts of the world. Cypriot Turkish consists of a rich blend of Ottoman Turkish and the Yoruk dialect spoken to this day in the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. In addition it has absorbed influences from Italian and English. Cypriot Turkish is distinguished by a number of sound alternations not found in standard Turkish, but some of which are also quite common in other Turkish vernaculars: Standard Turkish kurt Cypriot Turkish gurt "worm"Standard Turkish ta Cypriot Turkish da "stone" Standard Turkish son Cypriot Turkish so "end, last"Standard Turkish bin Cypriot Turkish bi "thousand" Standard Turkish isteriz Cypriot Turkish isterik "we want" Standard Turkish Kbrs Cypriot Turkish Kprs "Cyprus" Standard Turkish hi Cypriot Turkish hi "no, none"The last two alternations are more specific to Cypriot Turkish. Cypriot Turkish is structured as VO language as oppose to standard Tur... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6218630