Old Turkic
| Old Turkic | |
|---|---|
| East Old Turkic | |
Talas Inscription 1 | |
| Native to | Second Turkic Khaganate, Uyghur Khaganate |
| Region | East Asia, Central Asia and parts of Eastern Europe |
| Era | 5th–13th centuries |
Turkic
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| Dialects | |
| Old Turkic script, Old Uyghur alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | otk (Old Turkish) |
otk Old Turkish | |
| Glottolog | oldu1238 |
Old Turkic, also known as East Old Turkic, was a Siberian Turkic language spoken around East Turkistan and Mongolia. It was first discovered in inscriptions originating from the Second Turkic Khaganate, and later the Uyghur Khaganate, making it the earliest attested Common Turkic language. In terms of the datability of extant written sources, the period of Old Turkic can be dated from slightly before 720 AD to the Mongol invasions of the 13th century.