Old Anatolian Turkish

Not to be confused with Old Turkic language.

Old Anatolian Turkish
تُركجٔ‎
Native to	Sultanate of Rum, Anatolian beyliks
Era	Arrived in Anatolia late 11th century. Developed into Early Ottoman Turkish c. 15th century
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Southwestern Turkic (Oghuz) Old Anatolian Turkish
Writing system	Ottoman Turkish alphabet augmented with ḥarakāt
Official status
Official language in	Karamanids
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist list	1ca Old Anatolian Turkish
Glottolog	None

The Old Anatolian Turkish (Modern Turkish: Eski Anadolu Türkçesi) is the stage in the history of the Turkish language spoken in Anatolia from the 11th to 15th centuries. It developed into Early Ottoman Turkish. It was written in the Arabic script. Unlike in later Ottoman Turkish, short-vowel diacritics were used.

Old Anatolian Turkish was widely spoken in the entire area of Anatolia. Despite this, it had no official status until in 1277, Mehmet I of Karaman declared, "Starting today, in dervish convents, in council, in the palace, in Majlis and in squares, no language other than Turkish is allowed."

Orthography

Old Anatolian Turkish	Ottoman Turkish (Kamus-ı Türkî spelling)	Modern Turkish	English
گُزلٔر‎	گوزلر‎	Közler (Gözler)	"Eyes"
دَدَ‎	دده‎	Dede	"Grandfather"
كُچُك‎	كچوك‎	Küçük	"Little"

Alphabet

See also: Ottoman Turkish alphabet

Letter	Modern Turkish	Letter	Modern Turkish
ا ‎	a, e, i	ص ‎	s
ب ‎	b	ض ‎	d
پ‎	p	ط ‎	t
ت‎	t	ظ‎	z
ث ‎	s	ع ‎	a
ج ‎	c	غ‎	ğ, g
چ‎	ç	ف ‎	f
ح ‎	h	ق ‎	k
خ ‎	h	ك ‎	k
د ‎	d	ل ‎	l
ذ ‎	d, z	م ‎	m
ر ‎	r	ن ‎	n
ز ‎	z	و ‎	o, ö, u, ü, v
ژ ‎	j	ه ‎	h
س ‎	s	لا ‎	la, le
ش ‎	ş	ى ‎	i, y, ı

See also

• Ottoman Turkish language
• Turkish language
• Turkic languages
• Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey
• Karamanids