Tat language

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Tat language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Tat people of Azerbaijan and neighboring regions, distinct from but related to Judeo-Tat.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Tat language (Caucasus) 1
Tat language (Iranian) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Southwestern Iranian language
endangered language
minority language
distinctFrom Judeo-Tat
endangermentStatus severely endangered
family Indo-Iranian languages
glottocode tatt1241
hasAlternativeName Caucasian Tat
Muslim Tat language
hasDialect Armeno-Tat
Northern Tat
Southern Tat
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Azerbaijani language
surface form: Azerbaijani

Persian language
surface form: Persian

Russian language
surface form: Russian
hasMorphologicalFeature case marking on nouns
suffixal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory
vowel length distinctions
hasSyntacticFeature basic SOV word order
postpositions
ISO639-3 ttt
languageShiftTo Azerbaijani
Russian language
surface form: Russian
primaryCountry Azerbaijan
recognizedAs minority language in Azerbaijan
region Absheron Peninsula
Ismayilli District
surface form: Ismailli District

Quba
surface form: Quba District

Shamakhi Uyezd
surface form: Shamakhi District
relatedTo Judeo-Tat
Persian language
surface form: Persian

Talysh
surface form: Talysh language

Tati dialects of Iran
spokenBy Christian Tat communities
Muslim Tat communities
Tat people
some Jewish communities (historically)
spokenIn Dagestan
Georgia
Azerbaijan
surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Russia
subbranch Western Iranian languages
subfamily Iranian languages
subgroup Southwestern Iranian languages
UNESCOStatus definitely endangered
usedIn oral tradition of Tat people
writingSystem Cyrillic script
Latin script (non-standard)

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judeo-Tat closelyRelatedTo Tat language
Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Tat language
this entity surface form: Tat language (Iranian)
this entity surface form: Tat language (Caucasus)