Tatar language facts for kids

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Tatar
татар теле / tatar tele / تاتار تيلی
Native to Russia, other post-Soviet states
Ethnicity Tatars
Native speakers 6.5 million  (2002)
Language family
Turkic
  • Kipchak
    • Kipchak–Bolgar
      • Tatar
Writing system Cyrillic, Latin, Arabic
Official status
Official language in  Tatarstan (Russia)
Regulated by Institute of Language, Literature and Arts of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan

The Tatar language is a Turkic language that is spoken by Tatar people. The Tatar language is the official language of Tatarstan.

Images for kids

  • Tatar Latin Janalif Arabic 1927

    Tatar Latin (Jaꞑalif) and Arabic scripts, 1927

  • Borongi bolgarlar Gaziz cover

    Cover page of Tatar Yana imla book, printed with Separated Tatar language in Arabic script in 1924

  • Хальфин Азбука татарского языка 1778.pdf

    Pamphlet in Tatar language in Arabic script in 1778. Хальфин, Сагит. Азбука татарского языка. — М., 1778. — 52 с.

  • Söyälmäskä

    Bilingual guide in Kazan Metro.

  • Kazan metro sign

    A subway sign in Tatar (top) and Russian

  • Nizhny-Novgorod-Mosque-inscription-C0274

    Tatar sign on a madrasah in Nizhny Novgorod, written in both Arabic and Cyrilic Tatar scripts

  • Tatar guide in Latin

    Some guides in Kazan are in Latin script, especially in fashion boutiques


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