Old Turkic script

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alphabet historical script runiform script writing system

The Old Turkic script is an ancient runiform alphabet used by early Turkic peoples to write the earliest known Turkic inscriptions across Central Asia.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Old Turkic script canonical 12
Göktürk script 1
Old Hungarian script 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
historical script ⓘ
runiform script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Old Turkic script ⓘ
surface form: Göktürk script

Old Turkic script ⓘ
surface form: Orkhon script

Old Turkic script ⓘ
surface form: Turkic runes
associatedEmpire Göktürk Khaganate ⓘ
associatedReligion Tengrism ⓘ
decipheredBy Vilhelm Thomsen ⓘ
deciphermentYear 1893 ⓘ
direction right-to-left ⓘ
eraOfUse circa 7th–10th centuries CE ⓘ
hasCharacterType consonant letters ⓘ
vowel letters ⓘ
hasDistinctFeature angular runiform shapes ⓘ
separate letters for front and back vowels ⓘ
iso15924Code Orkh ⓘ
notableInscription Orkhon inscriptions ⓘ
Talass inscriptions ⓘ
Yenisei inscriptions ⓘ
numberOfLetters 38 ⓘ
primaryLanguage Old Turkic language ⓘ
surface form: Old Turkic
region Central Asia ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
scriptCategory Brahmic-influenced scripts ⓘ
scriptFamily Turkic scripts ⓘ
scriptForm runic-like ⓘ
scriptUsage administrative texts ⓘ
commemorative stelae ⓘ
monumental inscriptions ⓘ
successorScript Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Old Uyghur script
timePeriod 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
unicodeBlock Old Turkic language ⓘ
surface form: Old Turkic
unicodeRange U+10C00–U+10C4F ⓘ
usedBy Göktürk Khaganate ⓘ
surface form: Göktürks

Uyghurs ⓘ
early Turkic peoples ⓘ
usedFor Old Turkic language ⓘ
writingDirectionDetail horizontally right-to-left ⓘ
writingMedium metal ⓘ
paper ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
wood ⓘ
writingSystemStatus extinct ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kazakh language → historicalWritingSystem → Old Turkic script ⓘ
Turks → historicalWritingSystem → Old Turkic script ⓘ
Aramaic alphabet (historically) → ancestorOf → Old Turkic script ⓘ
subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Turkic languages → haveHistoricalScript → Old Turkic script ⓘ
Turkic languages → haveHistoricalScript → Old Turkic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: runiform Old Turkic alphabet
Hungarians → historicalWritingSystem → Old Turkic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Hungarian script
Oghuz → traditionalScript → Old Turkic script ⓘ
Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) → writingSystem → Old Turkic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Turkic runiform script
Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) → standardForm → Old Turkic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkhon standard
Supplementary Multilingual Plane → contains → Old Turkic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Turkic block
Old Turkic language → writingSystem → Old Turkic script ⓘ
Old Turkic script → alsoKnownAs → Old Turkic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Göktürk script
Old Turkic script → alsoKnownAs → Old Turkic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkhon script
Old Turkic script → alsoKnownAs → Old Turkic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkic runes
Kara-Khanid Khanate → writingSystem → Old Turkic script ⓘ
Göktürk Khaganate → writingSystem → Old Turkic script ⓘ
Orkhon inscriptions → writingSystem → Old Turkic script ⓘ
Karluk tribes → usedScript → Old Turkic script ⓘ
Talasp inscriptions → usesScript → Old Turkic script ⓘ
Talasp inscriptions → providesEvidenceFor → Old Turkic script ⓘ