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Language code: tat

Technical information about ISO 639 language code tat

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The table below provides technical details for the Tatar language, designated by the tat code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

tat

Name

Official

Tatar

Native

Татар теле

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central TatarWestern (Mishar) TatarEastern (Siberian) Tatar
Related languages
BashkirCrimean TatarKazakhKarachay-BalkarKumyk
Key facts
Uses both Cyrillic and Latin writing systemsStrongly agglutinative with long chains of suffixesExhibits Turkic vowel harmony based on front/back and rounded/unrounded distinctionsContains many historical loanwords from Arabic and Persian, and modern borrowings from RussianHas one of the earliest printed works in any Turkic language (Kazan printings, 19th century)
Sample phrase

Сәлам, хәлләрең ничек?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Tatar language, identified by the code tat, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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