Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur
Old Uyghur
Native to	Uyghur Khaganate, Qocho, Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom
Region	Mongolia, Hami, Turpan, Gansu
Era	9th–14th century; developed into Western Yugur
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Siberian Turkic Old Turkic Old Uyghur; ; ; ;
Writing system	Old Turkic script, Old Uyghur alphabet, Manichaean script, Sogdian alphabet, Syriac alphabet, Brahmi script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	oui
Linguist List	oui
Glottolog	oldu1239

Old Uyghur (simplified Chinese: 回鹘语; traditional Chinese: 回鶻語; pinyin: Huíhú yǔ) was a Turkic language spoken in Qocho from the 9th–14th centuries as well as in Gansu.

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