ISO 639-3 · tattat
Turkic family
Tatar
татар теле
Tatar is a language of the Kipchak branch (Turkic), spoken in Russia. Wikidata counts 5.2 m first-language speakers (2015). Wikidata describes it as “Turkic language spoken by Tatars”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tat- ISO 639-1
tt- Glottocode
tata1255- Family
- Turkic
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 55.80, 49.12
- Wikipedia
- 142 language editions
5.2 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tatar · татар теле |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kazan Tatar language, Qazan Tatar language, Tartarian, Tatar language, Volga Tatar |
| L1 speakers | 5,200,000 (2015) |
| All speakers | 5,427,318 (2010) |
| Written in | Cyrillic |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Turkic to Tatar
The branches above Tatar, 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
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