Turkic scripts
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Turkic scripts are a group of historical and modern writing systems developed and used by Turkic-speaking peoples across Eurasia, encompassing alphabets such as Old Turkic runiform, Uyghur, and various adaptations of Arabic, Cyrillic, and Latin scripts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Turkic runic scripts | 1 |
| Turkic scripts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5805892 — 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: Turkic scripts Context triple: [Old Turkic script, scriptFamily, Turkic scripts]
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A.
Old Turkic script
The Old Turkic script is an ancient runiform alphabet used by early Turkic peoples to write the earliest known Turkic inscriptions across Central Asia.
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B.
Chagatai script
The Chagatai script is a historical Perso-Arabic–based writing system used for the Chagatai Turkic literary language, which influenced later Central Asian Turkic languages including Uyghur.
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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.
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D.
Takri script
The Takri script is an abugida historically used in the western Himalayas, particularly in regions of present-day Himachal Pradesh and Jammu, to write several Indo-Aryan languages such as Dogri and Jaunsari.
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E.
Old Uyghur alphabet
The Old Uyghur alphabet is an early Turkic writing system used by the Uyghur people, derived from Middle Iranian scripts and influential in the development of later scripts such as Mongolian.
- 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: Turkic scripts Target entity description: Turkic scripts are a group of historical and modern writing systems developed and used by Turkic-speaking peoples across Eurasia, encompassing alphabets such as Old Turkic runiform, Uyghur, and various adaptations of Arabic, Cyrillic, and Latin scripts.
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A.
Old Turkic script
The Old Turkic script is an ancient runiform alphabet used by early Turkic peoples to write the earliest known Turkic inscriptions across Central Asia.
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B.
Chagatai script
The Chagatai script is a historical Perso-Arabic–based writing system used for the Chagatai Turkic literary language, which influenced later Central Asian Turkic languages including Uyghur.
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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.
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D.
Takri script
The Takri script is an abugida historically used in the western Himalayas, particularly in regions of present-day Himachal Pradesh and Jammu, to write several Indo-Aryan languages such as Dogri and Jaunsari.
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E.
Old Uyghur alphabet
The Old Uyghur alphabet is an early Turkic writing system used by the Uyghur people, derived from Middle Iranian scripts and influential in the development of later scripts such as Mongolian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
script family
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writing system group ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
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Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ Volga-Ural region NERFINISHED ⓘ Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Arabic script adaptations for Turkic
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Armenian script for Ottoman Turkish ⓘ Azeri Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Bashkir Cyrillic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Chagatai alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Crimean Tatar Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrillic script adaptations for Turkic ⓘ Gagauz Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek script for Turkish (Karamanlidika) NERFINISHED ⓘ Karamanli Turkish script NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazakh Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyrgyz Cyrillic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Köktürk runiform script ⓘ Latin script adaptations for Turkic ⓘ Latin-based common Turkic alphabet proposals ⓘ Modern Turkish Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Anatolian Turkish script NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Turkic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Uyghur alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Orkhon script NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Turkish alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Perso-Arabic script for Turkic ⓘ Runiform Turkic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatar Cyrillic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmen Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Uyghur script NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbek Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakut Cyrillic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Yenisei script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early medieval period
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medieval period ⓘ modern period ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Turkic languages
NERFINISHED
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Turkic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptFamilyIncludes |
Arabic script
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Cyrillic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Turkic runiform script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Turkic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage |
Azerbaijani
NERFINISHED
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Bashkir NERFINISHED ⓘ Chagatai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Chuvash NERFINISHED ⓘ Crimean Tatar NERFINISHED ⓘ Gagauz ⓘ Kazakh NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyrgyz NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Turkic language ⓘ Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatar NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish ⓘ Turkmen NERFINISHED ⓘ Uyghur NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbek NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingDirection |
left-to-right
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right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystemType |
abjad
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abjad-based script ⓘ alphabet ⓘ alphabetic script ⓘ runiform script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Turkic scripts Description of subject: Turkic scripts are a group of historical and modern writing systems developed and used by Turkic-speaking peoples across Eurasia, encompassing alphabets such as Old Turkic runiform, Uyghur, and various adaptations of Arabic, Cyrillic, and Latin scripts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Turkic runic scripts