Ottoman Turkish

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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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Ottoman Turkish alphabet 3
Ottoman Turkish language 2
Osmanlı Türkçesi 1

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 (61)

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

Turkish literature → scriptHistory → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish alphabet
Ottoman lira → scriptUsedOnNotes → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Old Anatolian Turkish → scriptVariant → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish alphabet
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish language
Perso-Arabic script → usedFor → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish (historically)
Nastaʿlīq → usedForLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish language
Ottoman chancery → usedLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Islamic astronomy → usesLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Ottoman culture → usesLanguage → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Naskh script → writingSystemUser → Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish (historical)