Tatar language

Tatar (/ˈtɑːtər/ TAH-tər; татар теле, tatar tele or татарча, tatarça) is a Turkic language spoken by the Volga Tatars mainly located in modern Tatarstan (European Russia), as well as Siberia. It should not be confused with Crimean Tatar or Siberian Tatar, which are closely related but belong to different subgroups of the Kipchak languages.

Tatar
татар теле
tatar tele
تاتار تئلئتاتار تلی
Tatar in Cyrillic, Latin, and Perso-Arabic scripts
RegionVolga region
EthnicityVolga Tatars
Native speakers
5.2 million (2010 census)
(may include some L2 speakers)
Turkic
Early form
Dialects
Tatar alphabet (Cyrillic, Latin, formerly Arabic)
Official status
Official language in
Tatarstan (Russia)
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byInstitute of Language, Literature and Arts of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan
Language codes
ISO 639-1tt
ISO 639-2tat
ISO 639-3tat
Glottologtata1255
Linguasphere44-AAB-be
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