Old Anatolian Turkish | |
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تُركجٔ | |
Native to | Sultanate of Rum, Anatolian beyliks |
Era | Arrived in Anatolia late 11th century. Developed into Early Ottoman Turkish c. 15th century |
Turkic
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Ottoman Turkish alphabet augmented with ḥarakāt | |
Official status | |
Official language in
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Karamanids |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Linguist list
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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: