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Old Turkic

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Also known as Orkhon Runic, Orkhon runes, Old Turkic script, Orkhon script, Turkic runes, Orkh

writing system

Key facts

Script type
Alphabet
Period
8th to 10th centuries
Direction
Right-to-left script
Languages
Old Turkic
Parent systems
Egyptian hieroglyphics Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Syriac alphabet Sogdian alphabet Old Turkic script
Child systems
Old Hungarian
Iso 15924
Orkh (175) , ​ Old Turkic, Orkhon Runic
Unicode alias
Old Turkic
Unicode range
U+10C00 – U+10C4F

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Bilge Khagan inscription lines 36-40 in original Old Turkic script.svg
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Commons category
Old Turkic script
Unicode range
U+10C00-10C4F
name
orkhon
inception
0600-00-00
end time
1000-00-00
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Location of the Orkhon Valley in Asia

The Old Turkic script (also known variously as Göktürk script, Orkhon script, Orkhon-Yenisey script, Turkic runes) was the alphabet used by the Göktürks and other early Turkic khanates from the 8th to 10th centuries to record the Old Turkic language.

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