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Ottoman Turkish alphabet
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<p>The Ottoman Turkish alphabet is a version of the <a href="/facts/Persian_alphabet/4DvPdTDe">Perso-Arabic script</a> used to write <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Turkish_language/z17YMfhT">Ottoman Turkish</a> until 1928, when it was <a href="/facts/Turkish_alphabet_reform/Skpn0bkK">replaced</a> by the Latin-based modern <a href="/facts/Turkish_alphabet/Skpn0bkK">Turkish alphabet</a>. </p><p>Though Ottoman Turkish was primarily written in this script, <a href="/facts/Millet_(Ottoman_Empire)/WhUsDg06">non-Muslim Ottoman subjects</a> sometimes wrote it in other scripts, including <a href="/facts/Armeno-Turkish_alphabet/yXoAParo">Armenian</a>, <a href="/facts/Greek_alphabet/1cHwB8Dg">Greek</a>, Latin and <a href="/facts/Hebrew_alphabet/qQStmr5u">Hebrew alphabets</a>. </p>