Languages of the Ottoman Empire
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languages-of-the-ottoman-empire-169-3280816
title:
Languages of the Ottoman Empire
text:
The language of the court and government of the Ottoman Empire was Ottoman Turkish, but many other languages were in contemporary use in parts of the empire. The Ottomans had three influential languages, known as "Alsina-i Thalātha", that were common to Ottoman readers: Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian. Turkish was spoken by the majority of the people in Anatolia and by the majority of Muslims of the Balkans except in Albania, Bosnia, and various Aegean Sea islands; Persian was initially a li
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Languages of the former empire and its peoples
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Ottoman_Empire
date created:
2012-07-18T12:51:42Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T07:17:01Z
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