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Old Anatolian Turkish

Old Anatolian Turkish
تُركجٔ‎
Native to Sultanate of Rum, Anatolian beyliks
Era Arrived in Anatolia late 11th century. Developed into Early Ottoman Turkish c. 15th century
Ottoman Turkish alphabet augmented with ḥarakāt
Official status
Official language in
Karamanid Dynasty flag.svg Karamanids
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Linguist list
1ca Old Anatolian Turkish
Glottolog None

Old Anatolian Turkish (Modern Turkish: Eski Anadolu Türkçesi) is the stage in the history of the Turkish language spoken in Anatolia from the 11th to 15th centuries. It developed into Early Ottoman Turkish. It was written in the Arabic script. Unlike in later Ottoman Turkish, short-vowel diacritics were used.

Despite this, it had no official status until in 1277, Mehmet I of Karaman declared a firman:


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