Tatar language
| Tatar (Tatar tele/TatarÃÂça) | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, China, Finland, ex-USSR |
| Region: | Central Asia, Eastern Europe |
| Total speakers: | 8 Million |
| Ranking: | 95 |
| Genetic classification: | Altaic Turkic Northwestern (Qypchaq-Bolghar) Uralian Tatar |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | Republic of Tatarstan (Russia) |
| Regulated by: | valign="top" |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | tt |
| ISO 639-2 | tat |
| SIL | TTR |
Tatar language (Tatar tele, TatarÃÂça) is a Turkic language.
It is the official language of the Republic of Tatarstan, and is also spoken Siberia as well as in China, Turkey, Ukraine and all over Central Asia.
There are approximately 7 million native speakers around the world. Until 2000 it was written in modified Cyrillic script. Transition to modified Latin script should be complete in 2011.
The Tatar Cyrillic script requires the Russian alphabet plus 6 extra letters: Әә, Өө, Үү, Җҗ, Ңң, Һһ.
The Tatar Latin script requires the standard Latin alphabet plus 9 extra letters: Əə, Çç, Ğğ, İi, Iı, Ññ, Ɵɵ, Şş, Üü (and sometimes Ŋŋ instead of ÃÂÃÂÃÂñ; the next letter is "O with middle bar" — some people think it would be better to use Öö instead).
There are alternative unificated project which includs 10 extra letters: ÃÂÃÂÃÂä, ÃÂÃÂÃÂç, Ğğ, Iı, İi, ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ, ÃÂÃÂÃÂñ, ÃÂÃÂÃÂö, Şş, ÃÂÃÂÃÂü and includs extra signs: ÃÂá ÃÂâ ÃÂé ÃÂó ÃÂú
See also: Tatars
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