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Old Turkic
The Orkhon inscriptions are central witnesses to early written Turkic.
The dedicated study site is coming soon. This overview records the planned scope and evidence.
At a glance
Evidence and writing
- Evidence / period
- Early medieval inscriptions
- Region
- Central Asia and Mongolia
- Writing system
- Old Turkic runiform script
- Site status
- Coming soon
Dates describe surviving written evidence or textual traditions, not necessarily when a spoken language began or ended. Map points indicate a representative centre of evidence, not a language boundary.