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A brief history of The Turkish Language
The language roots go back to 3500BC. The first evidence of the Turkish language was found on stones dating back to the 8th century BC on Outer Mongolia. In the 8th century AD The Mongol took control of the Turks Land, and later the tribe migrated to the south and west.
Most Turks that were in the Middle East became Muslims. The Suljic clan of the Turks later invaded Anatolia and imposed their language on the people they ruled. Over time Arabic and Persian were used to express culture and education in that region and that was the beginning of using Arabic scripts for the Turkish language.
In the 14th century The Ottomans clan was Turkey dominant power. During their ruling there were two levels of Turkish:
1- Ornate Ottoman Turkish which had Persian phrases and Arabic respectful words used for diplomacy, art, and business.
2-The language of the common Turks which used native Turkish vocabulary and structures.
The Ottomans Empire fell and came Ataturk who led the new Republic of Turkey. He devised a phonetic Latin script that reflected the Turkish sounds and in 1928 the new writing system was reviled and implemented. In 1932 The Turkish Language Association was created to simplify the Turkish language to its pure form to what it is today.
Turkish is also called Osmanli in populations in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Germany, and the ‘-stans’ of central Asia.
Siblings of the language are Azeri, Gagauz, Qashqay, Turkmen, and Uzbek which is the reason I wanted to start learning the language because of my Uzbek roots.
Now that I learnt a bet about the history of the language I set on learning we can restart the Turkish Phrase of The Day with my next post.
Suggested Links:
These two amazing links help to learn The Turkish Language for Free
TURKISH LANGUAGE CLASS by Turkish Teachears a great site.
Totally Turkish is a website by an english woman who feel in love with the Turkish Language and Turkey and is sharing it with the rest of us.
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