Turkic alphabet
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There exist several Alphabets used by Turkic languages, i.e. alphabet
s used to write Turkic languages
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Alphabet
An alphabet is a standard set of letters—basic written symbols or graphemes—each of which represents a phoneme in a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in the past. There are other systems, such as logographies, in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic...
s used to write Turkic languages
Turkic languages
The Turkic languages constitute a language family of at least thirty five languages, spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family.Turkic languages are spoken...
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- the medieval Old Turkic script (Göktürk script, Orkhon script, Orkhon-Yenisey script, ISO 15924ISO 15924ISO 15924, Codes for the representation of names of scripts, defines two sets of codes for a number of writing systems . Each script is given both a four-letter code and a numeric one....
: Orkh) - the Uniform Turkic AlphabetUniform Turkic AlphabetThe Uniform Turkic Alphabet was a Latin alphabet used by non-Slavic peoples of the USSR in the 1930s. The alphabet used ligatures from Jaŋalif as it was also a part of the uniform alphabet. The uniform alphabet utilized Latin ligatures, excluding "w." Some additional ligatures were also introduced...
in use in the 1930s USSR. (Latn) - any alphabet in use for writing Turkic languagesTurkic languagesThe Turkic languages constitute a language family of at least thirty five languages, spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family.Turkic languages are spoken...
,- Azerbaijani alphabetAzerbaijani alphabetIn the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani alphabet refers to a Latin alphabet used for writing the Azerbaijani language. This superseded a previous versions based on Cyrillic and Arabic scripts....
(Arab, Cyrl, Latn) - Crimean Tatar alphabet (Cyrl, Latn)
- Gagauz alphabetGagauz alphabetThe modern Gagauz alphabet, used for the Gagauz language, is a 32-letter Latin alphabet modelled on the Turkish alphabet.Previously, Gagauz used the Greek and until 1996 the Cyrillic script.-Letters:...
(Cyrl, Grek, Latn) - Karakalpak alphabet (Cyrl, Latn)
- Kazakh alphabetKazakh alphabetThe Kazakh alphabets are the alphabets used to write the Kazakh language. The Kazakh language uses the following alphabets:* The Cyrillic script is officially used in the Republic of Kazakhstan and Bayan-Ölgiy Province in Mongolia...
(Arab, Cyrl, Latn(unoff.)) - Kyrgyz alphabetKyrgyz alphabetThe Kyrgyz alphabets are the alphabets used to write the Kyrgyz language. The Kyrgyz language uses the following alphabets:* The Cyrillic script is officially used in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan...
(Arab, Cyrl, Latn) - Tatar alphabetTatar alphabetTwo scripts are currently used for the Tatar language: Cyrillic and Latin.-Introduction:While a Tatar version of the Latin alphabet called Jaŋalif had been in use during the 1930s, there is controversy in the matter of Latin-based Tatar alphabet for İdel-Ural Tatar. One dimension of the...
- İske imlâ alphabet ("Old orthography", Arab)
- Yaña imlâYaña imlâYaña imlâ was a modified variant of Arabic script that was in use for the Tatar language in 1920–1927. The orthographical reform modified İske imlâ, abolishing excess Arabic letters, adding letters for short vowels e, ı, ö, o. Some diacritic, that looked like comma was used to designate the vowel...
("New orthography", Arab) - Jaŋalif ("New alphabet", Latn)
- Zamanälif ("Modern alphabet", Latn)
- Turkish
- Ottoman Turkish alphabetOttoman Turkish alphabetThe Ottoman Turkish alphabet was the version of the Perso-Arabic alphabet that was used for the Ottoman Turkish language during the time of the Ottoman Empire and in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, until the adoption of the new Turkish alphabet, derived from the Latin script, on...
(tur-Arab) - Modern Turkish alphabet (tur-Latn)
- Ottoman Turkish alphabet
- Turkmen alphabetTurkmen alphabetThe current official Turkmen alphabet as used in Turkmenistan is a Latin alphabet based on the Turkish alphabet, but with notable differences: J is used instead of the Turkish C; Ž is used instead of the Turkish J; Y is used instead of the dotless i ; Ý is used instead of the Turkish consonantal Y;...
(Arab, Cyrl, Latn) - Uyghur alphabetUyghur alphabetUyghur is a Turkic language spoken in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, administered by China, by the Uyghur people. It is a language with a long literary tradition, and has been written using numerous writing systems through time...
- Old Uyghur alphabetOld Uyghur alphabetThe Old Uyghur alphabet was used for writing the Old Uyghur language, a variety of Old Turkic spoken in the Tarim basin, which is an ancestor of the modern Uyghur language. It was descendant of the Sogdian alphabet, used for texts with Buddhist, Manichaean and Christian content for 700–800 years in...
- K̡ona Yezik̡ ("Old script" uig-Arab)
- Uyghur Ereb YëziqiUyghur Ereb YéziqiUyghur Arabic script is an Arabic alphabet used for writing the Uyghur language, primarily by Uyghurs living in China. It is one of several Uyghur alphabets....
UEY (uig-Arab) - Uyghur Latin YëziqiUyghur Latin YéziqiUyghur Latin script is an auxiliary alphabet for the Uyghur language based on the Latin script. Uyghur is primarily written in a Arabic alphabet and sometimes in a Cyrillic alphabet.- Construction :...
ULY (uig-Latn) - Uyghur Siril YëziqiUyghur Siril YéziqiThe Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet is a Cyrillic-derived alphabet used for writing the Uyghur language, primarily by Uyghurs living in Kazakhstan and former CIS countries....
USY (uig-Cyrl) - Uyghur Pinyin Yëziqi
- Old Uyghur alphabet
- Uzbek alphabet
- Azerbaijani alphabet