Specific Graphic and Orthographic Features of Ancient Orhon Runic texts
Levin G.G.
Abstract
The main aim of the paper is to reveal specific features of Orhon (ancient Turkic written language) texts. The paper makes an attempt to discuss the problems of variance in the way of writing runic signs and describes the specificity of writing vowels and consonants in root stems and affixes. Taking into account phonetic, structural and grammatical peculiarities of word-forms, the general representation of runic orthography is made. As a result of the analysis of the basic rules of spelling, the author proposes a new version of the Orhon orthographic system.
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