Old Turkic

Summary

Old Turkic is an alphabet^[1]. It draws 483 Wikipedia views per month (alphabet category, ranking #9 of 62).^[2]

Key Facts

• Old Turkic's image is recorded as Orkhon.svg^[3].
• Old Turkic's image is recorded as Thomsen Orkhon table 1893.png^[4].
• Old Turkic's image is recorded as Gok turk Epigraph Copy in Gazi University Ankara.jpg^[5].
• Old Turkic's image is recorded as Bilge Khagan inscription lines 36-40 in original Old Turkic script.svg^[6].
• Old Turkic's instance of is recorded as alphabet^[7].
• Old Turkic's instance of is recorded as natural writing system^[8].
• Old Turkic's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet^[9].
• Old Turkic's based on is recorded as Sogdian^[10].
• Old Turkic's based on is recorded as Kharoṣṭhī^[11].
• Old Turkic's followed by is recorded as Ottoman Turkish alphabet^[12].
• Old Turkic's has use is recorded as Old Turkic^[13].
• Old Turkic's Commons category is recorded as Old Turkic script^[14].
• Old Turkic's language of work or name is recorded as Old Turkic^[15].
• Old Turkic's ISO 15924 alpha-4 code is recorded as Orkh^[16].
• +0600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Old Turkic^[17].
• Old Turkic's end time is recorded as +1000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Old Turkic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05l17^[19].
• Old Turkic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old Turkic script^[20].
• Old Turkic's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Old Turkic's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12^[22].
• Old Turkic's script directionality is recorded as right-to-left^[23].
• Old Turkic's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Old Turkic, Orkhon Runic'}^[24].
• Old Turkic's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'orkhon'}^[25].
• Old Turkic's ISO 15924 numeric code is recorded as 175^[26].
• Old Turkic's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2695586^[27].

Why It Matters

Old Turkic draws 483 Wikipedia views per month (alphabet category, ranking #9 of 62).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]