Orkhon Turkic language
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Orkhon Turkic | |
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Orkhon Uyghur | |
Region | First Turkic Khaganate |
Era | 5th–8th century |
Turkic
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Old Turkic | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | orkh1234 |
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.
Categories:
- Turkic languages
- Extinct languages of Asia
- Göktürks
- Agglutinative languages