did the Xiongnu have a written language

[arnewise12]

I have read that the first turkic nation of tribe of write is the gök turks, they wrote in huge stones found in orkhon, anyhow that was not my point, I was reading that turkologist like radloff how ever he translated those turkic runics into modern languages is a mystery for my, how did he do it, and why didnt he translate the written sources the asian huns or xiong nu hade in the issyk köl region in kyrgyzistan, I read that there was a xiong nu insciption in issyk köl but no one was translated them, why is that?

Why isnt turkeys goverment done anything about it since they have both the capasity and interest in solving a mystery that their forefathers wrote, I can ask the same thing to other turkic states but them have only been existing for 17 years so they dont have the same potential,

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

I have read that the first turkic nation of tribe of write is the gök turks, they wrote in huge stones found in orkhon, anyhow that was not my point, I was reading that turkologist like radloff how ever he translated those turkic runics into modern languages is a mystery for my, how did he do it, and why didnt he translate the written sources the asian huns or xiong nu hade in the issyk köl region in kyrgyzistan, I read that there was a xiong nu insciption in issyk köl but no one was translated them, why is that?

The Ysyq kurgan was discovered in 1970, several decades after Radloff's death

Besides, there is no way that kurgan can belong to the Asian Huns, because it dates to the 5th-4th centuries BC, but the Huns did not live there (they were in Ordos and Central Mongolia at that time). The kurgan either belongs to the Saka or to the Wusuns.

Btw, it was Vilhelm Thomsen who first deciphered the Turkic Runic Script and translated the Orkhon Inscriptions. He could do it with the help of the Chinese sides of the monuments. The Chinese texts clearly state that the inscriptions belonged to the Tūjué / T'u-chüeh 突厥 (Türük, Gök Türks); what Thomsen did was to examine the runic sides in great detail, and soon he realised that a certain word was used very commonly. He guessed that the commonly-used word found in the runic side might be the name "Türk / Türük", so in a few hours, he was able to decipher the entire alphabet Radloff published his work soon after Thomsen's discovery.

Why isnt turkeys goverment done anything about it since they have both the capasity and interest in solving a mystery that their forefathers wrote, I can ask the same thing to other turkic states but them have only been existing for 17 years so they dont have the same potential,

There were several attempts made to decipher the mysterious inscription found at Ysyq in Old Turkic, but none of the attempts have been academicially accepted. It is still not clear whether the inscription is in Old Turkic or in another language (maybe Iranic?). I know how to read the Turkic Runic Script but I can't read the inscription from Ysyq, the alphabets are different.

[keaganjoelbrewer]

Is there a link for this Isyk inscription? I wouldn't mind taking a look at it. What does it look like?

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Here, there is a drawing of the plate which has the short inscription on it: www.kibris1974.com/altin-elbiseli-adam-turk-tarihine-isik-tutan-2-satirlik-yazi-t28388.html