Ottoman Turkish

E16975
Turkic language administrative language historical language literary language

Ottoman Turkish was the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire, blending Turkish with extensive Arabic and Persian influences and written in a variant of the Arabic script.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Ottoman Turkish canonical 227
Ottoman Turkish alphabet 3
Ottoman Turkish language 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic language ⓘ
administrative language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Ottoman dynasty ⓘ
declineAfter dissolution of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
language reforms in Turkey ⓘ
developedFrom Oghuz Turkic language ⓘ
surface form: Oghuz Turkic

Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
surface form: Osmanlı Türkçesi

Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
surface form: Osmanlıca
hasInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Turkish ⓘ
hasRegister administrative register ⓘ
colloquial register ⓘ
high literary register ⓘ
languageCodeISO6392 ota ⓘ
languageCodeISO6393 ota ⓘ
lexicalSourceLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Turkic languages ⓘ
surface form: Turkic
officialStatusIn Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf Turkic languages ⓘ
surface form: Turkic language family
primaryRegion Anatolia ⓘ
Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
surface form: the Balkans

Levant region ⓘ
surface form: the Levant
replacedBy Turkish language ⓘ
surface form: Modern Turkish
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
standardizedIn Istanbul ⓘ
subclassOf Oghuz Turkic language ⓘ
timePeriodEnd early 20th century ⓘ
timePeriodStart 14th century ⓘ
usedAs bureaucratic language ⓘ
court language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
usedBy Ottoman bureaucracy ⓘ
Ottoman literati ⓘ
Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman ulema
usedFor diplomacy ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
imperial administration ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious scholarship ⓘ
usedIn Ottoman Empire ⓘ
writingReformReplacedBy Turkish alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin-based Turkish alphabet
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Turkish Arabic script

Referenced by (242)

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

Turkish language → historicalForm → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman Empire → officialLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Persian language → influencedLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script → usedFor → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish (historically)
Turkish alphabet → replaced → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish alphabet
Crimean Khanate → language → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Naskh script → writingSystemUser → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish (historical)
Thuluth script → languageUsedFor → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic → influencedBy → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Diwani script → primaryLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Turkish literature → scriptHistory → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish alphabet
Old Anatolian Turkish → precedes → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Old Anatolian Turkish → scriptVariant → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish alphabet
Old Anatolian Turkish → ancestorOf → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish → hasAlternativeName → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osmanlıca
Ottoman Turkish → hasAlternativeName → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osmanlı Türkçesi
Sultan → languageOfTitle → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
subject surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman lira → scriptUsedOnNotes → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman lira → languageOnCurrency → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Tanzimat → languageOfOfficialEdicts → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Janissaries → languageOfCommand → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman dynasty → language → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Murad I → languageSpoken → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman Parliament → languageOfWork → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Mehmed II → language → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Selim I → nativeLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Selim I → languageSpoken → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Suleiman the Magnificent → languageSpoken → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Mehmed VI → nativeLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Mehmed VI → languageSpoken → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Nastaʿlīq → usedForLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish language
Muhammad Ali Pasha → languageOfWorkOrName → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Omar Pasha → languageOfWorkOrName → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Islamic philosophy → languageOfExpression → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Sultan Abdülmecid I → languageSpoken → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman sultan → languageUsed → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish language
Lazistan → historicalNameLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman Palestine → language → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish (administrative)
Order of the Crescent → languageOfName → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman Army → languageOfCommand → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Monastir Military High School → languageOfInstruction → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman Military College → languageOfInstruction → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Islamic astronomy → usesLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Nedim → languageOfWorkOrName → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman chancery → usedLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Treaty of Constantinople (1913) → languageOfDocument → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Fuzuli → languageOfWorkOrName → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
early Ottoman period → hasLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman authorities → languageOfAdministration → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ