Old Turkic

Also known as Old Turkic language, otk, Old Turkish

earliest attested form of Turkic, found in Göktürk and Uyghur inscriptions dating from about the 7th century to the 13th century

Key facts

Native to: Second Turkic Khaganate , Uyghur Khaganate
Region: East Asia , Central Asia and parts of Eastern Europe
Era: 5th–13th centuries
Language family: Turkic Common Turkic Siberian Turkic South Siberian Old Turkic
Dialects: Orkhon Turkic Old Uyghur
Writing system: Old Turkic script , Old Uyghur alphabet
Iso 639 3: otk (Old Turkish)
Linguist list: otk Old Turkish
Glottolog: oldu1238

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Monument to Kul Tegin Old Turkic, also known as East Old Turkic, was a Siberian Turkic language spoken around East Turkistan and Mongolia. It was first discovered in inscriptions originating from the Second Turkic Khaganate, and later the Uyghur Khaganate, making it the earliest attested Common Turkic language. In terms of the datability of extant written sources, the period of Old Turkic can be dated from slightly before 720 AD to the Mongol invasions of the 13th century.

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