Chagatai language
Chagatai language is one of the extinct Turkic languages spoken in Central Asia. Chagatai was a member of the eastern Turkic branch of the Altaic languages family and was a literary language from the Timur period and the Timurids until the early twentieth century.
| Chagatai | |
|---|---|
| جغتای <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639-2' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Jağatāy | |
| Region | Central Asia |
| Era | 15th to early 20th century |
| Language family | Turkic
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| Official status | |
| Official language in | Chagatai Khanate Mughal Empire Qing dynasty |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | chg |
| ISO 639-3 | chg |
| Linguist List | chg |
Chagatai Language Media
- Chagatai in Nastaliq.png
Chagatai (Çağatāy) written in Arabic script in Nastaliq style.
- Chengde summer palace writings.jpg
Lizheng Gate at the Chengde Mountain Resort. The second column from the left is the Chagatai language written in Perso-Arabic Nastaʿlīq script which reads Ravşan Otturâdaqı Darvâza.
- Folio from an album, Mir Ali Shir Nawa I, calligrapher, Afghanistan, Herat, late 15th century AD, Chagatai Turkish text in Nastaliq script, ink, gold, color on paper, decoupage - Cincinnati Art Museum - DSC04236.JPG
Late 15th century Chagatai Turkic text in Nastaliq script.
