ISO 639-3 · tttttt
Indo-European family
Tat
Tat is a language of the Southwestern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Russia, Azerbaijan, Israel and Iran. Wikidata describes it as “Persian dialect group spoken in the Caucasus”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ttt- Glottocode
cauc1242- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Centre point
- 31.52, 34.60
- Wikipedia
- 53 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
4scripts
5levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tat |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tat language, Tati, Crimean Tat, Caucasian Tat, Caucasian Persian |
| Written in | Cyrillic, Latin script, Tat alphabet, Hebrew alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Tat
The branches above Tat, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Russia
deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalrusRussianIndo-European · 110 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalazjNorth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 9.2 m1 · NationalbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalbelBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · NationalhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · National