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{{dablink|This article is for the Volga Tatar language. For other uses, see [[Tatar language]].}} | {{dablink|This article is for the Volga Tatar language. For other uses, see [[Tatar language]].}} | ||
'''Volga Tatar'''—or simply ''Tatar''—is a [[Turkic language]] spoken mainly in [[Tatarstan]] by [[Volga Tatar people]]. | '''Volga Tatar'''—or simply ''Tatar''—is a [[Turkic language]] spoken mainly in [[Tatarstan]] and nearby [[Russian republic]]s and ''[[oblast]]s,'' by [[Volga Tatar people]]. It is usually considered a dialect of a single language, [[Tatar language|Tatar]], with variants spoken from [[Finland]] and across [[Russia]] and former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] republics. [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]] is considered not a dialect but a different language. | ||
== External links == | |||
* [http://www.princeton.edu/~turkish/aatt/tatar.htm Tatar: The Language of the Largest Minority in Russia] | |||
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Volga Tatar—or simply Tatar—is a Turkic language spoken mainly in Tatarstan and nearby Russian republics and oblasts, by Volga Tatar people. It is usually considered a dialect of a single language, Tatar, with variants spoken from Finland and across Russia and former Soviet republics. Crimean Tatar is considered not a dialect but a different language.