Abstract
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PHONETICS OF THE KARAMAN TURKISH AND CENTRAL ANATOLIAN DIALECTS VOWELS
The Karamans, who lived in different parts of Anatolia, primarily in the Central Anatolia, Trabzon-west of Firat-Taurus-Silifke line, especially in Kayseri, Nevsehir, Konya, Burdur, Isparta, Antalya regionsand then in Izmir and Istanbul where two largest cities in the Black Sea coast and, till 1924 and who immigrated to Greece after that, used Turkish in their daily life and in most parts of their written culture and literary activities. Born in Greece even today, which is 50 years of age Karamans, with Central Anatolia mouth will continue to speak Turkish. For example, from Aksaray, Güzelyurt (Gelveri) district, Karamans who immigrated in 1924, in August 1998, when they come here again can spoke with old fellow with the Central Anatolian mouth.
Keywords
Karaman Turkish, dialect, phonetics, wovels
