Language code: tt

Technical information about ISO 639 language code tt

The table below provides technical details for the Tatar language, designated by the tt code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

tt

Name

Official

Tatar

Native

Татар теле

Family
Kipchak
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central (Kazan)MisharSiberian
Related languages
BashkirCrimean TatarKazakhKarakalpakNogai
Key facts
Classified in the Kipchak-Bulgar branch of the Turkic familyHistorically written in Arabic, Latin and Cyrillic scriptsStrong vowel harmony governs word formationRich oral literature includes epics such as “İdiqay”Features the phoneme ң /ŋ/, a velar nasal not present in many European languages
Sample phrase

Сәлам, хәлләрең ничек?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

Tatar belongs to the Turkic language family, more specifically to the Kipchak subgroup. It is one of the official languages in Tatarstan, Russia. It is primarily written using the Cyrillic script, although there has been historical use of the Latin script. It is estimated that there are around 4.5 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

4.1M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Tatar speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

tt-RU Tatar (Russia)

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