Old Turkish > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Old Turkish
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Uighur; Alttürkisch
Code:
otk
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Turkic
Parent Subgroup:
Eastern (souz)
Brief Description:
An ancient language of Central Asia, spoken between the 7th and 13th centuries AD. The oldest written records are on stone monuments in the so-called "Turkish runic" (actually an Aramaic-based) script, now more usually called the Orkhon script, for inscriptions are found in the Orhon, Yenisey and Talas regions within the boundaries of present-day Mongolia.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Old Turkish
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