Ottoman Turkish
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Ottoman Turkish was the standardized register of the Turkish language in the Ottoman Empire. Written in the Ottoman Turkish alphabet, it borrowed extensively, in all aspects, from Persian and Arabic.
The Ottoman Empire at its peak. During this time Ottoman Turkish culture including the language also developed in the conquered areas.
Calendar in Thessaloniki 1896, a cosmopolitan city; the first three lines in Ottoman script
Turkish language
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Turkish is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller group
Ottoman Turkish
…Ottoman Turkish (لسان عثمانی, Lisân-ı Osmânî, Turkish pronunciation: ; Turkish: Osmanlıca; Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language in the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). Written in the…
The 9th century Irk Bitig (Book of Divination)
The Book of Dede Korkut (Dresden manuscript), dating to approximately the 14th or 15th century, is written in Old Anatolian Turkish
An advertisement by the IKEA branch in Berlin written in the German and Turkish languages.
Road sign at the European end of the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul.