Re: Catal Huyuk/Hutuk?

Paul Burke wrote: 
Alan Crozier wrote:

Just as a metter of interest, how is it pronounced?



It begins with a C cedilla which is a ch sound (an in chess) in Turkish. The
two u's have umlauts and sound like the German equivalent or French y.


So 'chattal hueyuek' with the eu fairly compressed together should be near enough? What's the etymology?

Paul Burke

Çatalhöyük (<C,>atalh<o">y<u">k) seems to be the usual Turkish form. Çatal means 'fork, prong‘ and höyük 'tumulus, mound'.

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