Language code: ota

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ota

The table below provides technical details for the Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928) language, designated by the ota code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

ota

Name

Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)

Text direction

Right-to-Left

Related languages
Modern TurkishAzerbaijaniCrimean TatarGagauzTurkmen
Key facts
Written with an Arabic-based script augmented for Turkish phonologyContained a high proportion of Persian and Arabic loanwords, especially in formal registersServed as the administrative and literary lingua franca of the Ottoman EmpireDisplayed three principal stylistic layers: colloquial (kaba), middle (orta), and high literary (fasih)Superseded by reformed Latin-alphabet Turkish after the 1928 language reform
Sample phrase

مرحبا، ناصلسنوز؟

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928) language, identified by the code ota, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Historical' by its type.

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