TATAR LANGUAGE, PEOPLE, & CULTURE

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Isәnmesez! Minem isemem Andy. Nichek khәllәregez?
Hello! My name is Andy. How are you?
Let's talk about the Tatar language.

Tatar is a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Volga Tatars in Tatarstan, Russia, with about 5.3 million speakers in Russia and over 7 million worldwide. Tatar-speaking communities exist in various countries, including Azerbaijan, China, and the US. Some Mari and Mordva Qaratay people also speak the language. In Russia, the 2010 census revealed that 69% of Russian Tatars and a significant portion of Tatars in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan have some knowledge of Tatar. It is an official language in Tatarstan, alongside Russian, and uses a Cyrillic script with additional letters, although a Tatar Latin alphabet was introduced in 2001. Tatar has two main dialects: Central (Kazan) and Western (Mişär).

The Republic of Tatarstan, is a republic in Eastern Europe, part of the Volga Federal District in Russia. Its capital and largest city is Kazan, a significant cultural hub in Russia. The region's primary source of wealth is oil, supported by a robust petrochemical industry. Tatarstan shares strong cultural, linguistic, and ethnic ties with its neighboring republic, Bashkortostan. It is home to three UNESCO World Heritage sites: the Kazan Kremlin, the Bulgarian State Museum-Reserve, and the Assumption Cathedral and Monastery in Sviyazhsk.

The Volga Tatars, also known simply as Tatars, are a Kipchak-Bulgar Turkic ethnic group from the Volga-Ural region in Eastern European Russia. They are the second-largest ethnic group in Russia after ethnic Russians, primarily residing in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. The majority are Sunni Muslims, with a minority practicing Orthodox Christianity. They celebrate various holidays, including Islamic ones as well as pre-Islamic holidays like Sabantuy, which marks the end of spring sowing. Tatar cuisine, known for its baking dishes and sweets, is famous beyond the region, with dishes like "chak-chak" and üsbusmaq being iconic. Tatar national costume, influenced by Islamic traditions, is now worn mainly for festive occasions and retains elements from the late 19th century.

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This video is a collaboration with Aysylu The Tatar Girl YT channel. @IcefromtheUS 


Please give her a follow to learn more about the Tatar language, people and culture.

ilovelanguages
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May the Tatars stay safe after all they've gone through and are going through now, whether in Poland, Crimea or the Idel-Ural.

SirBoggins
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Greetings from Volga Tatar!

Thank you for finally making video of my language and my people. You have earnt my respect from Tatarstan republic of Russia.

sovietunionmapper
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Great video! Have to point out that this is not the standart Kazan Tatar, but one of the Mishar varieties: the ç sound is pronounced as a whistling sh in Kazan Tatar [ɕ], and as ch or ts in Mishar variety.
The alphabet used is also a bit far from Zamanalif, the most commonly used Latin alphabet for the Tatar language.

bipbams
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A Kipchak language with Bulgar heritage. I'd like to see a comparison between Chuvash, Malkar, and Tatar since the three are the only languages known to be of Oghur Turkic background

nenenindonu
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Tatar and Turkish languages

Numbers in Tatar and Turkish :

English / Tatar / Turkish
One / ber / bir
Two / ike / iki
Three / öch / üç
Four / dürt / dört
Five / bish / beş
Six / alty / altı
Seven / jide / yedi
Eight / sigez / sekiz
Nine / tugyz / dokuz
Ten / un / on

Words in Tatar and Turkish :

I / min / ben
You / sin / sen
He / ul / o
We / bez / biz
You / sez / siz
They / alar / olar

This / bu / bu

Name / isem / isim
Son / uly, ugyl / oğlu, oğul
Daughter / qyz / kız
People / kesheler, khalyk / kişiler, halk
Eye / küz / göz
Ear / qolaq / kulak
Nose / boryn / burun
Tooth / tesh / diş
Head / bash / baş
Hair / chəch / saç
Foot / ayaq / ayak
Dog / et / it
Pig / dunggyz / domuz
Cow / siyir / sığır
Horse / at / at
Bird / qosh / kuş
Fish / balyq / balık
Flower / chəchək / çiçek
Tree / agach / ağaç
Leaf / yafraq / yaprak
Year / yil / yıl
Day / kön / gün
Sun / qoyash / güneş
Moon / ay / ay
Stars / yoldyzlar / yıldızlar
Fire / ut, yangyn / ateş, yangın
Water / su / su
Aire / hawa / hava
Earth / jir / yer
Sky / kük / gök
Sea / dinggez / deniz
Mountain / taw / dağ
Forest / urman / orman
Left / sul / sol
Right / ung / sağ
If / əgər / eğer
Because / chönki / çünkü
Old / qart, iske / kart, eski
New / yange / yeni

Colors in Tatar and Turkish :

Red / qyzyl / kızıl
Blue / zəngger / çakır
Yellow / sary / sarı
Green / yashel / yeşil
White / aq / ak
Black / qara / kara

theheroickhan
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Yay. Love this language😊
Once, I've even tried to write a course for tatar language on wikiversity.

leramomaccery
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Tatars are a group of peoples, speaking related, but still different languages. The Volga Tatars are just the biggest of them. In addition, several nations have been called Tatars in past, but not today, f.e. the Azerbaijani.

forgottenmusic
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Tatar dialect is my favorite among the Turkic languages. I took Tatar Turkish lessons for 6 months

MADX.
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Some of the greetings and phrases almost sounded like Anatolian Turkish. If you would compare the vocabularly of both languages next to each other, you could still see how close they are to each other. Even though both are from different branches of the Turkic languages. I had more difficulties understanding the sample text.

hakanozaslan
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Are they any differences between the Majority Muslim Tatars and the Christian "Kryashen" population of Volga Tatars as I'd assume they're more likely to use Russophonic vocabulary considerably how they aren't Muslim?

SirBoggins
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if u want to looking for Tatar songs, i share some my favourite songs on my playlist for recommended
"Сүнгән ялкыннар" by Изге Ай
"Сылу Яр" by Энҗе
"Унҗиде Яшь" by Сабина
"Чия жыры" (Blümchen's cover) by Сабина

nockeynoo
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Pls Azerbaijan language and tatar language vs

Darkturkss
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As an anatolian turkish i can nearly understand all words easily.

abdullahyldz
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How similar is this langauge to Turkish??

utente
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Tatar is the one of the famous countries of dances from Russian revolutionary wars together in the protest against Udmurt

joshuafajardo
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Cat is "meche" sonds like the berber "məsh" or "amōsh"

yassineanassine
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For Tatars, you usually write your language in Latin or Cyrillic, you write in Latin in Tatarstan or only outside of Russia? Some tatar who can answer me or someone who knows? I want to learn this language
Good video andy :⁠-⁠)

leandrosantana-ic
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How similar is this to other Turkic languages?

KingsleyAmuzu
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Kazan was also one of the last bastions of resistance against the Moscovites (another being the Khanate of Sibir which would fall after Kazan) during the Imperial expansion, with the Russian Tsardom defeating them and absorbing them as a part of the soon-to-be Empire, having to deal with Russification and Christianisation efforts by Russophones. Had they resisted better, then maybe we'd have a Tatar Free State in the modern-day or perhaps a New "Golden Horde" had they decided to take the path of their Mongolian ancestors.

SirBoggins