Tobol-Irtysh dialect

The Tobol-Irtysh dialect is a dialect of Siberian Tatar language spoken in Tyumen and Omsk Oblast in Russia, and gets its name from the Tobol and Irtysh rivers.

Classification

It is generally classed among the dialects of the Tatars of Siberia, of which some also speak Baraba. Johanson groups these dialects under the name of Western Siberian Tatar.

Dialects

According to Tumasheva, Tobol-Irtysh Tatar has 5 dialects:

• Tyumen - Tyumensky, Yalutorovsky, Nizhnetavdinsky, Isetsky, Zavodoukovsky, Yarkovsky Districts of Tyumen Oblast
• Tobol with Tokuz-Uvat (Eastern Tobol) - Tyumensky (with former Baikalovsky), Vagaysky (with former Dubrovinsky), Yarkovsky Districts of Tyumen Oblast
• Zabolotny - Tobolsky, Uvatsky Districts of Tyumen Oblast
• Tevriz (Kurdak, Kurtak) - Tevrizsky, Ust-Ishimsky, Znamensky Districts of Omsk Oblast, plus some settlements in Tyumen Oblast's Vagaysky District
• Tara - Tarsky, Bolsherechensky, Kolosovsky Districts of Omsk Oblast

The Tevriz dialect has elements of Southern Altai, Khakas and Shor.

Orthography

In 2000, a primer of Tobol-Irtysh Tatar was published. Its orthography includes the letters of the Russian alphabet, plus the extra letters Ә ә, Ғ ғ, Ҡ ҡ, Ң ң, Ө ө, and Ү ү.

See also

• Siberian Tatars

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