Orkh

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Orkh is the ISO 15924 script code assigned to the Old Turkic (Orkhon) runic writing system historically used by early Turkic peoples of Central Asia.

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Orkh canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ISO 15924 script code
associatedWithLanguage Old Turkic
linked to: Old Turkic language
associatedWithLanguageFamily Turkic languages
category historic alphabetic script
directionOfWriting right-to-left
hasUnicodeBlock Old Turkic
linked to: Old Turkic script
historicallyUsedBy early Turkic peoples
historicallyUsedInRegion Central Asia
Orkhon Valley
notUsedFor modern everyday writing
partOfStandard ISO 15924
represents Old Turkic script
Orkhon runic writing system
linked to: Old Turkic script
scriptFamily Turkic scripts
scriptName Old Turkic
linked to: Old Turkic script

Orkhon runic
linked to: Old Turkic script
scriptScope historical and epigraphic use
status historic script
usedFor encoding Old Turkic script in standards
usedIn Old Turkic inscriptions
linked to: Old Turkic script
usedInStandard Unicode
linked to: Unicode Standard
writingSystemType alphabet
runic script
writingSystemUsage commemorative stelae
monumental inscriptions

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