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Old Anatolian Turkish language

Okay kiddo, let’s talk about a really old language called the Anatolian Turkish language. It’s a language that people used to speak a very long time ago in a place called Anatolia, which is now Turkey.

Imagine a long time ago, before your grandparents were even born, people in Anatolia spoke this language. It was different from the Turkish language that people speak in Turkey today, but they’re still related to each other.

Now, you might be wondering what kind of words they used in this language. Well, they used words for things like animals, plants, and things they needed in their everyday life - just like how we speak English today. But the words they used were different from the words we use now.

The Anatolian Turkish language was used for a very long time, but eventually, people started speaking other languages instead. So now, we don’t hear this language being spoken anymore.

But people who are interested in history and language like to study the Anatolian Turkish language to learn more about what people used to say a long, long time ago.

So that’s the story of the Anatolian Turkish language - an old language that people used to speak in a place called Anatolia, which is now Turkey.