Editing Tatar language (section)

=== Mishar ===
{{Main|Mishar Tatar dialect}}
The Western (Mishar) dialect is distinguished from the Central dialect most clearly by the absence of the uvular ''q'' and ''ğ'' and the rounded ''å'' of the first syllable. Letters ''ç'' and ''c'' are pronounced as [[affricate]]s.<ref>{{cite book |title=Jazyki Rossijskoi Federatsii i sosednih gosudarstv |volume=3 |pages=67–68 |location=Moscow |publisher=Nauka |year=2005 |isbn=5-02-011237-2}}</ref> Regional differences exist also.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Zakiev |first=M. Z. |editor-last=Tenišev |editor-first=Ėdchjam R. |title=Tatar |encyclopedia=Tjurkskije jazyki |series=Jazyki mira |page=371 |location=Moscow |publisher=Indrik |year=1997 |isbn=5-85759-061-2}}</ref>

Mishar Dialect, and especially its regional variant in [[Sergachsky District|Sergachsky district]] (Nizhny Novgorod), is said to be "faithfully close" to the ancient Kipchak language.<ref>Leitzinger, Antero: ''Mishäärit – Suomen vanha islamilainen yhteisö''. Kirja-Leitzinger, 1996. {{ISBN|952-9752-08-3}}. (p. 41)</ref> Some linguists, such as [[Vasily Radlov|Radlov]], [[Alexander Samoylovich|Samoylovich]], think that Mishar traditionally belongs to the Kipchak-Cuman group of languages, rather than to the Kipchak-Bulgar group.<ref>Махмутова Л. Т. Опыт исследования тюркских диалектов: мишарский диалект татарского языка. — М.: Наука, 1978</ref>

Mishar is the dialect spoken by the [[Finnish Tatars|Tatar minority of Finland]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Leitzinger |first=Antero |title=Mishäärit – Suomen vanha islamilainen yhteisö |location=Helsinki |publisher=Kirja-Leitzinger |year=1996 |isbn=952-9752-08-3}}</ref>