[yorwba]

> After reading this passage, I would think that Turkish people cant write in Turkish during Ottoman era because of the alphabet limitations.

Thy cwld wryt yn Twrkysh, bt thy had tw handl wrds wyth myssyng vwls, wr ryprsntyng mltypl dyffrnt vwls wyth th sym arabyc lttr, cwsyng ambygwyty. Rydbl, bt yt myns that wrytyng as yw spyk can prwdwc yncwmpryhnsybl txt. (Y avwydd wsyng vry shwrt wrds yn thys txt, bycws yt wld by hrd tw rcwgnyz thm.)

[lynguist]

Excellent analogy.