The Derivational Suffixes of the Dialects of Turkish I: The Derivational Suffixes Not Existing in Written Language

It is pointed out that the dialects of Turkish have more suffixes than the written language. Most of these suffixes are more practical and have many different functions that do not exist in the written language. In the written language aren’t approximately 140 of suffixes in the dialects of Turkish. It is seen that most of the suffixes used in historical dialects but forgotten in written language keep their existence in the dialects of Turkish. It is also seen that most of the suffixes that do not exist in our written language but used in modern dialects are in the dialects of Turkish with similar functions. Some of them are only seen in the dialects of Turkish in Turkey It is concluded that the words and forms in the dialects of Turkish enlighten many problems in the Turkish Language history and contribute to their solutions.