Old Anatolian Turkish
| Old Anatolian Turkish | |
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| Old Anatolian Turkic | |
| تُركجَ | |
| Native to | Anatolia |
| Era | Emerged in Anatolia late 11th century. Developed into Early Ottoman Turkish and Ajem-Turkic c. 15th century |
Turkic
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| Ottoman Turkish alphabet augmented with ḥarakāt | |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
1ca Old Anatolian Turkish | |
| Glottolog | None |
Old Anatolian Turkish or Old Turkish, also referred to as Old Anatolian Turkic, (Turkish: Eski Anadolu Türkçesi, Perso-Arabic script: اسکی انادولو تورکچهسی), was the form of the Turkish language spoken in Anatolia from the 11th to 15th centuries. It developed into Early Ottoman Turkish. It was written in the Perso-Arabic script. Unlike in later Ottoman Turkish, short-vowel diacritics were used.
It had no official status until 1277, when Mehmet I of Karaman declared a firman in an attempt to break the dominance of Persian:
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