Ottoman Turkish alphabet

E438223

abjad alphabet writing system

The Ottoman Turkish alphabet was a variant of the Perso-Arabic script adapted to write the Ottoman Turkish language before its replacement by the Latin-based Turkish alphabet in the 20th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ottoman Turkish alphabet canonical	7
Ottoman Turkish script	5
Old Anatolian Turkish script	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4403187 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ottoman Turkish alphabet
Context triple: [Ottoman Turkish, writingSystem, Ottoman Turkish alphabet]

A. Turkish alphabet
The Turkish alphabet is a modern, phonetic writing system of 29 Latin-based letters used to represent the sounds of the Turkish language.
B. Turkmen alphabet
The Turkmen alphabet is the standardized script used to write the Turkmen language, currently based on a modified Latin script adopted after the Soviet era.
C. Osmanya script
The Osmanya script is an indigenous alphabet created in the early 20th century to write the Somali language before its official adoption of the Latin script.
D. Uyghur Latin alphabet
The Uyghur Latin alphabet is a romanized writing system developed for the Uyghur language, used primarily in digital communication and linguistic transcription.
E. Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet
The Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet is a Cyrillic-based writing system formerly used for the Turkmen language, particularly during the Soviet era before its replacement by a Latin-based script.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ottoman Turkish alphabet
Target entity description: The Ottoman Turkish alphabet was a variant of the Perso-Arabic script adapted to write the Ottoman Turkish language before its replacement by the Latin-based Turkish alphabet in the 20th century.

A. Turkish alphabet
The Turkish alphabet is a modern, phonetic writing system of 29 Latin-based letters used to represent the sounds of the Turkish language.
B. Turkmen alphabet
The Turkmen alphabet is the standardized script used to write the Turkmen language, currently based on a modified Latin script adopted after the Soviet era.
C. Osmanya script
The Osmanya script is an indigenous alphabet created in the early 20th century to write the Somali language before its official adoption of the Latin script.
D. Uyghur Latin alphabet
The Uyghur Latin alphabet is a romanized writing system developed for the Uyghur language, used primarily in digital communication and linguistic transcription.
E. Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet
The Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet is a Cyrillic-based writing system formerly used for the Turkmen language, particularly during the Soviet era before its replacement by a Latin-based script.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abjad ⓘ alphabet ⓘ writing system ⓘ
abolishedBy	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ Turkish Alphabet Reform ⓘ linked to: Turkish alphabet
associatedWith	Islamic cultural sphere ⓘ Ottoman Turkish language reform debates ⓘ Ottoman calligraphy ⓘ linked to: Arabic calligraphy
containsAdditionalLettersFor	Turkic sounds ⓘ
containsLettersFrom	Arabic alphabet ⓘ Persian alphabet ⓘ linked to: Perso-Arabic script
derivedFrom	Arabic script ⓘ Ottoman calligraphic traditions ⓘ Persian script ⓘ
difficultyForLearners	complex orthography ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	contextual letter forms ⓘ diacritic marks ⓘ ligatures ⓘ
influencedByLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Persian ⓘ linked to: Persian language Turkic ⓘ
legacyUse	Ottoman paleography ⓘ historical linguistics of Turkish ⓘ study of Ottoman archival documents ⓘ
officialStatus	official script of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
reformDate	1928 ⓘ
reformLocation	Republic of Turkey ⓘ linked to: Turkey
replacedBy	Turkish Latin alphabet ⓘ linked to: Turkish alphabet modern Turkish alphabet ⓘ linked to: Turkish alphabet
representsVowels	imperfectly ⓘ
scriptType	Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
timePeriod	13th century to 20th century ⓘ
unicodeRelation	represented using Arabic script code points ⓘ
usedByLanguage	Ottoman Turkish language ⓘ linked to: Ottoman Turkish
usedFor	writing Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
usedForAdministration	Ottoman bureaucracy ⓘ linked to: Ottoman provincial administration
usedForLiterature	Ottoman Turkish literature ⓘ linked to: Turkish literature
usedForLoanwordsFrom	Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ Persian ⓘ
usedForPoetry	Divan poetry ⓘ
usedForReligion	Islamic texts in Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
usedIn	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
usedUntil	early 20th century ⓘ
writingDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
writingMedium	official documents ⓘ paper manuscripts ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemFamily	Arabic script family ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottoman Turkish → writingSystem → Ottoman Turkish alphabet ⓘ

subject linked to: ota

Chagatai script → relatedTo → Ottoman Turkish script ⓘ