The east of the country, next door to Azerbaijan and sharing a good deal with Azerbaijani. The feature every Turk recognises is the k that turns into a rasping h at the end of a word after a back vowel: çok 'very' is çoh, yok 'there isn't' is yoh. The vocabulary is older and more Turkic in places, the rhythm slower, and the vowels broader.
Where: north-eastern Anatolia — Erzurum, Kars, Iğdır
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Slower and more drawn-out than Istanbul, with the stressed syllable held longer and a falling melody at the end of a statement.
In the order the mouth applies them. Every before-and-after is playable — click the IPA. The pattern is the rule as the engine runs it, for the curious.
([aɯou])k(?=$| ) → $1xWhen: at the end of a word, after a, ı, o or u
How: Start a k and do not let the tongue touch: the German ach, the Spanish j.
The north-eastern dialects, like Azerbaijani, never close a back k at the end of a syllable: the tongue approaches the soft palate and the air rushes through. Beside a front vowel the k stays.
| Word | Reference | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| çok | very, a lot | ||
| yok | there isn't | ||
| ekmek | unchanged — the k follows a front vowel |
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