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{{dablink|This article is for the Volga Tatar language. For other uses, see [[Tatar language]].}} | {{dablink|This article is for the Volga Tatar language. For other uses, see [[Tatar language]].}} | ||
'''Volga Tatar'''—or simply ''Tatar''—is a [[Turkic language]] spoken mainly in [[Tatarstan]] and nearby [[Russian republic]]s and ''[[oblast]]s,'' by | '''Volga Tatar'''—or simply ''Tatar''—is a [[Turkic language]] spoken mainly in [[Tatarstan]] and nearby [[Russian republic]]s and ''[[oblast]]s,'' by the approximately seven million [[Volga Tatar people]], as well as some others.<ref>Agnes Kefeli, "[http://www.princeton.edu/~turkish/aatt/tatar.htm Tatar: The Language of the Largest Minority in Russia]," website of the American Association of Teachers of Turkic (accessed November 5, 2008).</ref> Variants are spoken from [[Finland]] and across [[Russia]] and former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] republics. There are three dialects: Western, Central, and Eastern. [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]] is considered not a dialect but a different language. | ||
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Revision as of 15:37, 5 November 2008
Volga Tatar—or simply Tatar—is a Turkic language spoken mainly in Tatarstan and nearby Russian republics and oblasts, by the approximately seven million Volga Tatar people, as well as some others.[1] Variants are spoken from Finland and across Russia and former Soviet republics. There are three dialects: Western, Central, and Eastern. Crimean Tatar is considered not a dialect but a different language.
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- ↑ Agnes Kefeli, "Tatar: The Language of the Largest Minority in Russia," website of the American Association of Teachers of Turkic (accessed November 5, 2008).