okuryazarlık
noun C1- literacy
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Tap for its suffix chainThe k of okuryazarlık becomes ğ before a vowel: okuryazarlığım. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The k of okuryazarlık becomes ğ before a vowel: okuryazarlığında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: okuryazarlığında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of okuryazarlık becomes ğ before a vowel: okuryazarlığıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: okuryazarlığıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Okuryazarlık oranı da oldukça düşüktü: 1927 nüfus sayımına göre halkın yaklaşık onda biri okuyup yazabiliyordu.
The literacy rate was also quite low: according to the 1927 census, about one in ten people could read and write.
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