Orkhon Turkic language

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Orkhon Turkic (also Gokturk) is the language used in the oldest known written Turkic texts. It is the first stage of Old Turkic, preceding Old Uyghur.

Naming[]

Orkhon Turkic (also Gokturk) is generally used for the language in which the Orkhon and inscriptions are written.

References[]

• Talat Tekin, A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic, Uralic and Altaic Series Vol. 69, Indiana University Publications, Mouton and Co. (1968). (review: Gerard Clauson, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1969); Routledge Curzon (1997), ISBN 0-7007-0869-3.