Editing Tatar language (section)

{{Short description|Turkic language spoken by Tatars}}
{{Other uses}}
{{cleanup lang|date=May 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox language
| name            = Tatar
| nativename      = {{lang|tt|{{lang|tt-Cyrl|татар теле}}<br />{{lang|tt-Latn|tatar tele}}<br />{{Script/Arabic|تاتار تئلئ}} • {{Script/Arabic|تاتار تلی}}}}
| region          = [[Volga region]]
| ethnicity       = [[Volga Tatars]], [[Qaratay]]s
| speakers        = [[first language|L1]]: {{sigfig|4.029430|1}} million
| date            = 2020
| ref             = e27
| image           = Tatar.png
| imagecaption    = Tatar in Cyrillic, Latin, and Perso-Arabic scripts
| speakers2       = [[Second language|L2]]: {{sigfig|810,000|2}} (2020)<ref name=e27 />
| speakers_label  = Speakers
| agency          = [http://www.ijli.antat.ru/language.html Institute of Language, Literature and Arts of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan]
| script          = [[Tatar alphabet]] ([[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]], [[Latin script|Latin]], formerly [[Arabic script|Arabic]])
| familycolor     = Altaic
| fam1            = [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]
| fam2            = [[Common Turkic languages|Common Turkic]]
| fam3            = [[Kipchak languages|Kipchak]]
| fam4            = Kipchak–Bulgar
| ancestor        = [[Volga Türki]]
| dia1            = [[Mishar Tatar dialect|Mishar Tatar]]
| dia2            = [[Nagaibak dialect|Nagaibak]]
| nation          = [[Tatarstan]] ([[Russia]])
| minority        = [[China]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fujian.gov.cn/hdjl/hdjlzsk/mzzjt/mz/202209/t20220913_5991001.htm |title=少数民族的语言文字有哪些？ |language=zh |website=fujian.gov.cn |date=13 September 2022 |access-date=28 October 2022 |author=Ethnic Groups and Religious department, Fujian Provincial Government}}</ref><br />
[[Poland]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=ACT of 6 January 2005 on national and ethnic minorities and on the regional languages |url=http://ksng.gugik.gov.pl/english/files/act_on_national_minorities.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205133312/http://ksng.gugik.gov.pl/english/files/act_on_national_minorities.pdf |archive-date=5 December 2019}}</ref><br />
| iso1            = tt
| iso2            = tat
| iso3            = tat
| glotto          = tata1255
| glottorefname   = Tatar
| lingua          = 44-AAB-be
| notice          = IPA
| map             = Verbreitungsgebiet der Tataren.PNG
| map2            = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2     = {{center|{{small|Tatar is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/russian-federation/languages/tatar |title=Tatar in Russian Federation {{!}} UNESCO WAL}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Borongi bolgarlar Gaziz cover.jpg|thumb|right|Tatar book written in the Arabic script entitled ''Ancient [[Bulgars]]''.]]

'''Tatar''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɑː|t|əɹ}} {{respell|TAH|tər}};<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Tatar}}</ref> {{lang|tt|{{lang|tt-Cyrl|татар теле}}, {{lang|tt-Latn|tatar tele}}}} or {{lang|tt|{{lang|tt-Cyrl|татарча}}, {{lang|tt-Latn|tatarça}}}}) is a [[Turkic languages|Turkic language]] spoken by the [[Volga Tatars]] mainly located in modern [[Tatarstan]] ([[European Russia]]), as well as [[Siberia]]. It should not be confused with [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]] or [[Siberian Tatar language|Siberian Tatar]], which are closely related but belong to different subgroups of the [[Kipchak languages]].