Old Turkic language

Old Turkic refers to the earliest recorded form of the Turkic languages, dating back to the 8th century CE. The earliest linguistic records are Old Turkic inscriptions found near the Orhon River in Mongolia and the Yenisey River valley in Russia. These inscriptions, written in a runic alphabet derived from Aramaic, provide valuable insights into the history and culture of the Turkic peoples of that era. Old Turkic is considered the ancestor of modern Turkic languages, which form a family within the Altaic language group and are spoken across a vast area of Eastern Europe and Central and North Asia.1234