The Syriac-script, trilingual (Syriac-Arabic-Turkish) biweekly Leshono d'Umtho, or Tongue of the Nation. Beirut, 1928. (British Library) For those who have learnt foreign languages, the presence of a ...

Turkey: Turkish (Osmanli) script. Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent (r.1520-66). A tughra is a calligraphic monogram, seal or signature of an Ottoman sultan that was affixed to all official documents ...

For those who have learnt foreign languages, the presence of a loanword can be both comforting and surreal. In languages written in non-Roman scripts, a borrowed word – take computer as an example – ...

Omniglot Encyclopedia: Provides the history, and examples, of the Turkish alphabet. Beginning with the modern Turkish script and continuing to Ottoman examples. Students will find notes on ...