Orkhon Turkic

Orkhon Turkic
Orkhon Uyghur
RegionEastern Europe, Central Asia, Eastern Asia
Era5th–8th century
Turkic
Old Turkic
Language codes
ISO 639-3otk
Glottologorkh1234

Orkhon Turkic (also Göktürk), is the first stage of Old Turkic, known as the oldest Turkic literary language preceding Old Uyghur. It is generally used for the language in which the Orkhon and Yenisei inscriptions are written.[1][2]

  1. ^ Tekin, Talât (1968). A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic. Bloomington: Indiana University. ISBN 978-0700708697.
  2. ^ Erdal, Marcel (2004-01-01). A Grammar Of Old Turkic. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-10294-1.