Old Anatolian Turkish

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Oghuz Turkic language Turkic language variety historical language stage

Old Anatolian Turkish is the earliest attested stage of written Ottoman-era Turkish, used in Anatolia from roughly the 13th to 15th centuries and recorded primarily in Arabic script.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Anatolian Turkish 1
Anatolian Turkish literature 1
Early Anatolian Turkish 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oghuz Turkic language ⓘ
Turkic language variety ⓘ
historical language stage ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
surface form: Early Anatolian Turkish

Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
surface form: Old Ottoman Turkish
ancestorOf Turkish language ⓘ
surface form: Modern Turkish

Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
developedInto classical Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) ⓘ
later standardized Ottoman Turkish of the 16th century and after ⓘ
era late medieval period ⓘ
follows Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) ⓘ
surface form: Old Turkic
geopoliticalContext early Ottoman beylik and state ⓘ
post-Seljuk Anatolian beyliks ⓘ
hasFeature early development of Ottoman literary conventions ⓘ
mixture of Turkic base with heavy Arabic-Persian vocabulary ⓘ
use of Arabic script with additional letters for Turkic sounds ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
languageFamily Turkic ⓘ
lexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
partOf history of the Turkish language ⓘ
periodEndApprox c. 15th century ⓘ
periodStartApprox c. 13th century ⓘ
precedes Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
primarySources poetry ⓘ
prose works ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
region Anatolia ⓘ
Rum Seljuk territories ⓘ
scriptVariant Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Turkish alphabet
standardLanguageOf none (no unified standard) ⓘ
subfamily Turks ⓘ
surface form: Oghuz
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
usedBy Turkic-speaking populations in Anatolia ⓘ
usedFor Islamic religious literature ⓘ
courtly and didactic poetry ⓘ
translations and adaptations from Persian and Arabic ⓘ
usedFromCentury 13th century ⓘ
usedIn Anatolia ⓘ
usedUntilCentury 15th century ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Old Anatolian Turkish → alsoKnownAs → Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Ottoman Turkish
Old Anatolian Turkish → alsoKnownAs → Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Early Anatolian Turkish
Ottoman Turkish → developedFrom → Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
Turkish literature → hasPart → Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolian Turkish literature
Turkish language → historicalForm → Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
Khorasani Turkic → isDistinctFrom → Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolian Turkish
Book of Dede Korkut → language → Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
Orhan → language → Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
Yunus Emre → language → Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ