Talk:Turks/@comment-5121633-20151230045442/@comment-24.133.23.130-20161007113108

Not true. Being a Turk and a linguist myself I can safely vouch that the spoken Turkish changed very little for the last thousand years. Even less than English probably judging from the scripts left in Britain.

Ottoman Turkish was only a written language only used in the Ottoman court. It is Turkish grammar coupled with Persian and Arabic words. People and army on the other hand always spoke regular Turkish.

A good example is Gagavuz Turks of Molodova who migrated to the area more than 1000 years ago. They have converted to Christianity, still speak Turkish and the language is 100% mutually intelligible by standart Turkish speakers.

Those aside, Turks not having elite skirmishers and even pikemen is not acceptable. You can't hold your ground in late game.