Comparing Suffixes in Western Black Sea Region Dialects and Old Natolian Turkish in Terms of Vowel Rounding

The most prominent period in terms of the vowel rounding of the Turkish period is the Old Anatolian Turkish period. Even the annexes related to lip harmony in Old Turkish remained out of lip harmony due to the rounding of vowels in Old Anatolian Turkish period. This phonetic phenomenon is so common in Old Anatolian Turkish that it has become a characteristic feature of the period. With the beginning of the Ottoman Turkish period from the 15th century, this powerful phonetic event began to diminish; but spelling continued its influence until the 18th century. As a historical period, there was not a rounding that would disrupt the harmony of the lip before and after itself, and the fact that this powerful phonetic event was seen in Old Anatolian Turkish stems from the dialect feature of the Oghuz tribes who established the written language in Anatolia. The dialects living in Anatolia today are the result of this historical process. Each of the different dialect features seen in various regions of Anatolia is a remnant of the dialects of the Oghuz tribes who settled in this geography in the historical period. Rounding, which is the characteristic feature of Old Anatolian Turkish, also manifests itself in Anatolian dialects today. Bolu, Kastamonu, Zonguldak, Karabuk, Bartin, Sinop, such as the settlement of the Western Black Sea region, the vowel rounding of the dialect is widely seen. In this study, Western Black Sea region dialects and Old Anatolian Turkish suffixes will be evaluated in terms of vowel rounding. During the evaluation, Old Anatolian Turkish will be taken to the center. In this period, the consistency of the annexes used in the continuous round vowels and continuous vowels in the Western Black Sea region will be presented comparatively. In addition, data will be tried to be obtained about the oral effect of the establishment of Old Anatolian Turkish.

Keywords

Turkish Language, Old Anatolian Turkish, Western Black Sea Region Dialects, Labial Harmony, Vowel Rounding.