| ISO 639-2: | ota |
| English: | Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) |
| French: | turc ottoman (1500-1928) |
The code ota is classified in ISO 639 as an individual language code.
We have mapped this code to Turkish [TRK]. ISO distinguishes this code from [tur] on the basis of time, [tur] applying to the Turkish language since 1928, and [ota] applying to the Turkish language prior to 1928. The year 1928 corresponds to the year in which writing reform occurred, changing from Arabic to Latin script. Thus, these two codes are distinguishing between the Arabic- and Latin-based writing systems rather than between languages. This goes against the normal practice for ISO 639-x, as described in clause 4.1.3. Thus, we deem that this language is also covered by the ISO code [tur].
This code corresponds to the following language in the Ethnologue:
| TURKISH | [TRK] Turkey (Asia). 46,278,000 in Turkey, 90% of the population (1987). Population total all countries 61,000,000 (1999 WA). Alternate names: TÜRKÇE, TÜRKISCH, ANATOLIAN. Dialects: DANUBIAN, ESKISEHIR, RAZGRAD, DINLER, RUMELIAN, KARAMANLI, EDIRNE, GAZIANTEP, URFA. Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Turkish. More information. |
