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Old Turkic

Old Turkic was a Turkic language once spoken in China.

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Old Turkic, also known as East Old Turkic, was a Siberian Turkic language spoken around East Turkistan and Mongolia. It was first discovered in inscriptions originating from the Second Turkic Khaganate, and later the Uyghur Khaganate, making it the earliest attested Common Turkic language. In terms of the datability of extant written sources, the period of Old Turkic can be dated from slightly before 720 AD to the Mongol invasions of the 13th century.

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Words in Old Turkic

MeaningWordRomanization
man𐽰𐽾ʾr
woman𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺qʾtwn
water𐽻𐽳𐽱suv
fire𐽰𐽳𐽳𐾀oot
sky𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶
wind𐽶𐽶𐽶𐾁yél
horse𐽰𐽰𐾀
book𐽺𐽳𐽹nom
black𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽾𐽰kara

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