Tobol-Irtysh dialect

Tobol-Irtysh
Native to	Russia
Region	Tyumen Oblast, Omsk Oblast
Ethnicity	Tobol-Irtysh Tatars
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak Kipchak–Nogai [1] Siberian Tatar Tobol-Irtysh
Dialects	Tyumen Tobol Eastern Tobol (Tokuz-Uvat) Zabolotny Tevriz (Kurdak, Kurtak) Tara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	tobo1249
Map of Tobol-Irtysh dialect of Siberian Tatar, 1965

A Tobol Tatar

The Tobol-Irtysh dialect is a Turkic dialect group spoken in Tyumen and Omsk Oblast in Russia, ^[2] and gets its name from the Tobol and Irtysh rivers.

Classification

It is generally classed among the dialects of the Tatars of Siberia, of which some also speak Baraba. ^[3] Johanson groups these dialects under the name of Western Siberian Tatar. ^[4]

Dialects

According to Tumasheva, Tobol-Irtysh Tatar has 5 dialects: ^[5]

• Tyumen - Tyumensky, Yalutorovsky, Nizhnetavdinsky, Isetsky, Zavodoukovsky, Yarkovsky Districts of Tyumen Oblast
• Tobol with Tokuz-Uvat (Eastern Tobol) - Tyumensky (with former Baikalovsky), Vagaysky (with former Dubrovinsky), Yarkovsky Districts of Tyumen Oblast
• Zabolotny - Tobolsky, Uvatsky Districts of Tyumen Oblast
• Tevriz (Kurdak, Kurtak) - Tevrizsky, Ust-Ishimsky, Znamensky Districts of Omsk Oblast, plus some settlements in Tyumen Oblast's Vagaysky District
• Tara - Tarsky, Bolsherechensky, Kolosovsky Districts of Omsk Oblast

The Tevriz dialect has elements of Southern Altai, Khakas and Shor.

Orthography

In 2000, a primer of Tobol-Irtysh Tatar was published. Its orthography includes the letters of the Russian alphabet, plus the extra letters Ә ә, Ғ ғ, Ҡ ҡ, Ң ң, Ө ө, and Ү ү. ^[6]

See also

• Siberian Tatars

References

1. "Сибирскотатарский язык | Малые языки России". minlang.iling-ran.ru. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
2. Tumasheva 1992, p. 14.
3. Hendrik, Boeschoten (2006). "The Speakers of Turkic Languages". In Johanson, Lars; Csató, Éva A. (eds.). The Turkic languages. Routledge language family descriptions (Repr ed.). London: Routledge. p. 7. ISBN   978-0-415-41261-2.
4. Johanson 2006, p. 82.
5. Тумашева, Д. Г. (1977). Диалекты сибирских татар: опыт сравнительного исследования. Казань: Изд-во Казанского университета.
6. Насибуллина, А. Х. (2000). Әлиппа: Первый букварь тоболо-иртышских татар. Тюмень.

Sources

• Barsukova, Ramzija Sibachatullovna (2004). Zabolotnyj govor tobolo-irtyšskogo dialekta tatarskogo jazyka v sravnitelʹnom osveščeniiЗaбoлoтный гoвop тоболo-иртышского диалекта татарского языка в cpaвнительном освещении. Kazanʹ: Fiker. ISBN   978-5-93091-053-7.
• Johanson, Lars, ed. (2006). The Turkic languages. Routledge language family descriptions (Repr ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-41261-2.
• Tumasheva, D. G. (1992). Slovarʹ dialektov sibirskikh tatarСловарь диалектов сибирских татар (in Russian and Tatar). Kazanʹ: Izd-vo Kazanskogo universiteta. ISBN   978-5-7464-0507-4.

External links

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