Ottoman Turkish Language

The ottoman turkish language or ottoman language لسان عثمانى lisân ı osmânî is the variety of the turkish language that was used in the ottoman empire it borrows extensively from arabic and persian and was written in the ottoman turkish alphabet during the peak of ottoman power words of arabic origins heavily outnumbered native turkish words in the ottoman language.

Ottoman turkish language. Osmanlıca is the variety of the turkish language used in the ottoman empire 14th to 20th centuries. The language of the court and government of the ottoman empire was ottoman turkish but many other languages were in contemporary use in parts of the empire. لسان عثمانى lisân ı osmânî also known as تركچه türkçe or تركی türkî turkish. Turkish is the descendant of ottoman turkish and its predecessor so called old anatolian turkish which was introduced into anatolia by the seljuq turks in the late 11th century ad.

Ottoman turkish was highly influenced by persian and arabic at a point arabic and persian words in the language amounted for up to 88 of its vocabulary at a peak. As in most other turkic and other foreign languages of islamic communities initially the arabic borrowings were not the result of a direct exposure of ottoman turkish to arabic a fact that is evidenced by the. There are about 82 million speakers of turkish in turkey about 2 million in germany 606 000 in bulgaria 500 000 in the uk 300 000 in northern cyprus 165 000 in the usa 130 000 in uzbekistan. Although the minorities of the ottoman empire were free to use their language amongst themselves if they needed to communicate with the government they had to use ottoman turkish.

Modern turks wouldn t be able to understand ottoman turkish but probably modern day persian people could do. Ottoman turkish ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n. Osmanlı türkçesi or the ottoman language ottoman turkish. To type a text with arabic characters progression of palatal ŋ and some remarks on palatalization in the 18 th century istanbul turkish according to viguier by ömer yağmur in rocznik orientalistyczny 2017 ottoman turkish conversation grammar by hovhannes hagopian 1907 simplified grammar of the ottoman turkish language by james redhouse 1884.

It borrows extensively in all aspects from. Ottoman turkish ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n. Old turkish gradually absorbed a great many arabic and persian words and even grammatical forms and was written in arabic script. At least they can get the idea what the conversation is about.

Osmanlıca is the variety of the turkish language used in the ottoman empire 14th to 20th centuries ce. Osmanlı türkçesi or the ottoman language ottoman turkish. Other articles where ottoman turkish language is discussed. Ottoman turkish was an invented language by the ottoman elite and bor.

The ottoman turkish language or ottoman language لسان عثمانى lisân ı osmânî is the variety of the turkish language that was used for administrative and literary purposes in the ottoman empire it borrows extensively from arabic and persian and was written in a variant of the perso arabic script consequently ottoman turkish was largely unintelligible to the less educated.