Official language in Karamanids | ||
Native to Sultanate of Rum, Anatolian beyliks Era Arrived in Anatolia late 11th century. Developed into Early Ottoman Turkish c. 15th century Language family Turkic
Common Turkic
Southwestern Turkic (Oghuz)
Old Anatolian Turkish Writing system Ottoman Turkish alphabet augmented with ḥarakāt Linguist list 1ca Old Anatolian Turkish | ||
Old Anatolian Turkish (Modern Turkish: Eski Anadolu Türkçesi) is the stage in the history of the Turkish language spoken in Anatolia from the 11th to 15th centuries. It developed into Early Ottoman Turkish. It was written in the Arabic script. Unlike in later Ottoman Turkish, short-vowel diacritics were used.
Despite this, it had no official status until in 1277, Mehmet I of Karaman declared a firman:
References
Old Anatolian Turkish Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA