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Old Turkic

𐰜𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰰

𐰝𐰈𐰛:𐱆𐰈𐰼𐰰

Alphabet1
8 c. CE - 10 c. CE2


Right-to-left1

Old_Turkic

Languages1

Old Turkic

Places1

Various Turkic Khaganates (Modern day Mongolia, East Turkestan, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Northern Caucasus and Southern Siberia)

Abecedary1,3

Eponymous of the Orkhon Valley, Mongolia, where inscriptions of this variant were discovered.

Vowels

OT_o01
Old Turkic letter A (Orkhon variant)
OT_o10.1
Old Turkic letter I (Orkhon variant)
OTo02
Old Turkic letter E (Orkhon variant)
OT_o06
Old Turkic letter O (Orkhon variant)
OTo03
Old Turkic letter Oe (Yenisei variant)

Consonants

Back vowels

OT_o02
Old Turkic letter Ab (Orkhon variant)
OT_o04
Old Turkic letter Ad (Orkhon variant)
OTo04
Old Turkic letter Ag (Orkhon variant)
OT_o12
Old Turkic letter Al (Orkhon variant)
OT_o14
Old Turkic letter An (Orkhon variant)
OT_o21
Old Turkic letter Ar (Orkhon variant)
OT_o15
Old Turkic letter As (Orkhon variant)
OTo05
Old Turkic letter At (Orkhon variant)
OTo06
Old Turkic letter Ay (Orkhon variant)
OT_o08
Old Turkic letter Aq (Orkhon variant)
OTo07
Old Turkic letter Oq (Orkhon variant)

Front vowels

OTo08
Old Turkic letter Aeb (Orkhon variant)
OTo09
Old Turkic letter Aed (Orkhon variant)
OT_o03
Old Turkic letter Aeg (Orkhon variant)
OTo10
Old Turkic letter Ael (Orkhon variant)
OTo11
Old Turkic letter Aen (Orkhon variant)
OTo12
Old Turkic letter Aer (Orkhon variant)
OT_o07
Old Turkic letter Aes (Orkhon variant)
OT_o24
Old Turkic letter Aet (Orkhon variant)
OTo13
Old Turkic letter Aey (Orkhon variant)
OT_o05
Old Turkic letter Aek (Orkhon variant)
OTo14
Old Turkic letter Oek (Orkhon variant)

Others

OT_o19
Old Turkic letter Ec (Orkhon variant)
OT_o13
Old Turkic letter Em (Orkhon variant)
OT_o18
Old Turkic letter Ep (Orkhon variant)
OTo15
Old Turkic letter Esh (Orkhon variant)
OTo16
Old Turkic letter Ez (Orkhon variant)
OTo17
Old Turkic letter Eng (Orkhon variant)
OTo18
Old Turkic letter Ic (Orkhon variant)
OTo19
Old Turkic letter Iq (Orkhon variant)
OTo20
Old Turkic letter Enc (Orkhon variant)
OTo21
Old Turkic letter Eny (Orkhon variant)
OTo22
Old Turkic letter Elt (Orkhon variant)
OTo23
Old Turkic letter Ent (Orkhon variant)
OTo24
Old Turkic letter Ash (Orkhon variant)
OTo25
Old Turkic letter Ot (Orkhon variant)
OTo26
Old Turkic letter Bash (Orkhon variant)

Eponymous of the Yenisey Valley, Siberia, where inscriptions of this variant were discovered.

Vowels

OT_y01
Old Turkic letter A (Yenisei variant)
OT_y10.1
Old Turkic letter I (Yenisei variant)
OTy02
Old Turkic letter E (Yenisei variant)
OT_y06
Old Turkic letter O (Yenisei variant)
OTy03
Old Turkic letter Oe (Yenisei variant)
OTy01
Old Turkic letter Ae (Yenisei variant)

Consonants

Back vowels

OT_y02
Old Turkic letter Ab (Yenisei variant)
OT_y04
Old Turkic letter Ad (Yenisei variant)
OTy04
Old Turkic letter Ag (Yenisei variant)
OT_y12
Old Turkic letter Al (Yenisei variant)
OT_y14
Old Turkic letter An (Yenisei variant)
OT_y21
Old Turkic letter Ar (Yenisei variant)
OT_y15
Old Turkic letter As (Yenisei variant)
OTy05
Old Turkic letter At (Yenisei variant)
OTy06
Old Turkic letter Ay (Yenisei variant)
OT_y08
Old Turkic letter Aq (Yenisei variant)
OTy07
Old Turkic letter Oq (Yenisei variant)

Front vowels

OTy08
Old Turkic letter Aeb (Yenisei variant)
OTy09
Old Turkic letter Aed (Yenisei variant)
OT_y03
Old Turkic letter Aeg (Yenisei variant)
OTy10
Old Turkic letter Ael (Yenisei variant)
OTy11
Old Turkic letter Aen (Yenisei variant)
OTy12
Old Turkic letter Aer (Yenisei variant)
OT_y07
Old Turkic letter Aes (Yenisei variant)
OT_y24
Old Turkic letter Aet (Yenisei variant)
OTy13
Old Turkic letter Aey (Yenisei variant)
OT_y05
Old Turkic letter Aek (Yenisei variant)
OTy14
Old Turkic letter Oek (Yenisei variant)

Others

OT_y19
Old Turkic letter Ec (Yenisei variant)
OT_y13
Old Turkic letter Em (Yenisei variant)
OT_y18
Old Turkic letter Ep (Yenisei variant)
OTy15
Old Turkic letter Esh (Yenisei variant)
OTy16
Old Turkic letter Ez (Yenisei variant)
OTy15a
Old Turkic letter Ash (Yenisei variant)
OTy17
Old Turkic letter Ang (Yenisei variant)
OTy18
Old Turkic letter Ic (Yenisei variant)
OTy19
Old Turkic letter Iq (Yenisei variant)
OTy20
Old Turkic letter Enc (Yenisei variant)
OTy21
Old Turkic letter Eny (Yenisei variant)
OTy17a
Old Turkic letter Aeng (Yenisei variant)
OTy22
Old Turkic letter Elt (Yenisei variant)
OTy23
Old Turkic letter Ent (Yenisei variant)
OTy24
Old Turkic letter Ash (Yenisei variant)
OTy25
Old Turkic letter Ot (Yenisei variant)
OTy26
Old Turkic letter Bash (Yenisei variant)

Epigraphy4

Or.8212/76(1)

Register of names in Old Turkic. 400 CE to 750 CE. (Description - here)

Script comparison1,3,5-9

Writing Script Head of ox House plan Throw stick Nile tilapia Man with arms raised Pear shaped mace Two diagonal strokes Plan of rectangular enclosure Heart and trachea Arm with downward facing palm Hand Crook Water ripple Cobra Reed column Eye Mouth Rush with shoots Cord on stick Head Bow Crossed sticks
Logography
            
32 c. BCE - 4 c. CE
EH01
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F1
EH02
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. O1
EH03
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T14
EH04
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. K1
EH05
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. A28
EH06
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T3
EH07
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z4
EH08
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. 06
EH09
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F35
EH10
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D42
EH11
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D46
EH12
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. S39
EH13
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N35
EH14
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. I10
EH15
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. R11
EH16
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D4
EH17
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V28
EH18
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D21
EH19
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M22
EH20
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V24
EH21
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D1
EH22
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T9a
EH23
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M39
EH24
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z9
Imperial Aramaic (Ancestor)
Abjad
            
8 c. BCE - 7 c. CE
IA01
Imperial Aramaic letter Ālaph
IA02
Imperial Aramaic letter Bēth
IA03
Imperial Aramaic letter Gāmal
IA04
Imperial Aramaic letter Dālath
IA05
Imperial Aramaic letter Hē
IA06
Imperial Aramaic letter Waw
IA07
Imperial Aramaic letter Zain
IA08
Imperial Aramaic letter Khēth
IA09
Imperial Aramaic letter Ṭēth
IA10
Imperial Aramaic letter Iodh
IA11
Imperial Aramaic letter Kāph
IA12
Imperial Aramaic letter Lāmadh
IA13
Imperial Aramaic letter Mem
IA14
Imperial Aramaic letter Nun
IA15
Imperial Aramaic letter Semkath
IA16
Imperial Aramaic letter Ayin
IA18
Imperial Aramaic letter Pē
IA19
Imperial Aramaic letter Ṩādhē
IA20
Imperial Aramaic letter Qoph
IA21
Imperial Aramaic letter Rēš
IA22
Imperial Aramaic letter Šīn
IA24
Imperial Aramaic letter Taw
Armazian (Closest relative)
Abjad
            
??? - 5 c. CE
Arm01
Armazian letter Aleph
Arm02
Armazian letter Beth
Arm03
Armazian letter Gimel
Arm04
Armazian letter Daleth
Arm05
Armazian letter He
Arm06
Armazian letter Waw
Arm07
Armazian letter Zayin
Arm08
Armazian letter Heth
Arm09
Armazian letter Teth
Arm10
Armazian letter Yodh
Arm11
Armazian letter Kaph
Arm12
Armazian letter Lamedh
Arm13
Armazian letter Mem
Arm14
Armazian letter Nun
Arm15
Armazian letter Samekh
Arm16
Armazian letter Ayin
Arm18
Armazian letter Pe
Arm19
Armazian letter Sadhe
Arm20
Armazian letter Qoph
Arm21
Armazian letter Res
Arm22
Armazian letter Shin
Arm24
Armazian letter Taw
Sogdian (Closest relative)
Abjad
            
1/2 c. CE - 11 c. CE
So_o01
Old Sogdian letter Aleph
So_o02
Old Sogdian letter Beth
So_o03
Old Sogdian letter Gimel
So_o05
Old Sogdian letter He
So_o06
Old Sogdian letter Waw
So_o07
Old Sogdian letter Zayn
So_o08
Old Sogdian letter Heth
So_o10
Old Sogdian letter Yodh
So_o11
Old Sogdian letter Kaph
So_o12
Old Sogdian letter Lamedh
So_o13
Old Sogdian letter Mem
So_o14
Old Sogdian letter Nun
So_o15
Old Sogdian letter Samekh
So_o18
Old Sogdian letter Pe
So_o19
Old Sogdian letter Sadhe
So_o041621
Old Sogdian letter Resh-Ayin-Daleth
So_o22
Old Sogdian letter Shin
So_o24
Old Sogdian letter Taw
Old Turkic
Alphabet
            
8 c. CE - 10 c. CE
OT_o01
Old Turkic letter A (Orkhon variant)
OT_y01
Old Turkic letter A (Yenisei variant)
OT_o02
Old Turkic letter Ab (Orkhon variant)
OT_y02
Old Turkic letter Ab (Yenisei variant)
OT_o03
Old Turkic letter Aeg (Orkhon variant)
OT_y03
Old Turkic letter Aeg (Yenisei variant)
OT_o04
Old Turkic letter Ad (Orkhon variant)
OT_y04
Old Turkic letter Ad (Yenisei variant)
OT_o05
Old Turkic letter Aek (Orkhon variant)
OT_y05
Old Turkic letter Aek (Yenisei variant)
OT_06
Old Turkic letter O
OT_07
Old Turkic letter Aes
OT_o08
Old Turkic letter Aq (Orkhon variant)
OT_y08
Old Turkic letter Aq (Yenisei variant)
OT_o10
Old Turkic letter Aey (Orkhon variant)
OT_y10
Old Turkic letter Aey (Yenisei variant)
OT_o10.1
Old Turkic letter I (Orkhon variant)
OT_y10.1
Old Turkic letter I (Yenisei variant)
OT_o12
Old Turkic letter Al (Orkhon variant)
OT_y12
Old Turkic letter Al (Yenisei variant)
OT_13
Old Turkic letter Em
OT_14
Old Turkic letter An
OT_15
Old Turkic letter As
OT_18
Old Turkic letter Ep
OT_o19
Old Turkic letter Ec (Orkhon variant)
OT_y19
Old Turkic letter Ec (Yenisei variant)
OT_o21
Old Turkic letter Ar (Orkhon variant)
OT_y21
Old Turkic letter Ar (Yenisei variant)
OT_o24
Old Turkic letter Aet (Orkhon variant)
OT_y24
Old Turkic letter Aet (Yenisei variant)
Old Hungarian (Sibling)
Alphabet
            
12 c. CE - 17 c. CE,
20 c. CE - Present
OH01
Old Hungarian letter A (majuscule)
OH01a
Old Hungarian letter A (minuscule)
OH02
Old Hungarian letter Eb (majuscule)
OH02a
Old Hungarian letter Eb (minuscule)
OH03
Old Hungarian letter Ezs (majuscule)
OH03a
Old Hungarian letter Ezs (minuscule)
OH03b
Old Hungarian letter Ec (majuscule)
OH03c
Old Hungarian letter Ec (minuscule)
OH03d
Old Hungarian letter Ed (majuscule)
OH03e
Old Hungarian letter Ed (minuscule)
OH04
Old Hungarian letter Ed (majuscule)
OH04a
Old Hungarian letter Ed (minuscule)
OH06
Old Hungarian letter Ű (majuscule)
OH06a
Old Hungarian letter Ű (minuscule)
OH07
Old Hungarian letter Er (majuscule)
OH07a
Old Hungarian letter Er (minuscule)
OH09
Old Hungarian letter Ef (majuscule)
OH09a
Old Hungarian letter Ef (minuscule)
OH10
Old Hungarian letter Ej (majuscule)
OH10a
Old Hungarian letter Ej (minuscule)
OH10.1
Old Hungarian letter Eny (majuscule)
OH10.1a
Old Hungarian letter Eny (minuscule)
OH12
Old Hungarian letter El (majuscule)
OH12a
Old Hungarian letter El (minuscule)
OH13
Old Hungarian letter Em (majuscule)
OH13a
Old Hungarian letter Em (minuscule)
OH14
Old Hungarian letter En (majuscule)
OH14a
Old Hungarian letter En (minuscule)
OH16
Old Hungarian letter Eh (majuscule)
OH16a
Old Hungarian letter Eh (minuscule)
OH18
Old Hungarian letter Ep (majuscule)
OH18a
Old Hungarian letter Ep (minuscule)
OH20
Old Hungarian letter Ak (majuscule)
OH20a
Old Hungarian letter Ak (minuscule)
OH03
Old Hungarian letter Ezs (majuscule)
OH03a
Old Hungarian letter Ezs (minuscule)
OH24
Old Hungarian letter Ez (majuscule)
OH24a
Old Hungarian letter Ez (minuscule)

Lineage1,8,9,11-16


Egyptian Hieroglyphs
 ↳Hieratic Egyptian
  ↳Proto-Sinaitic
   ↳Phoenician
    ↳Imperial Aramaic
     ↳**Old Sogdian
     ↳**Armazian
     ↳Hypothetical Old Turkic ancestor
      ↳*Old Turkic
      ↳Old Hungarian


*The origin of Old Turkic is heavily disputed.1,8
**Hypothesised closest relatives.1,8