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Language Information:
Tatar is a Turkic language spoken by Tatars living in Russian Federation, mainly in Tatarstan or Siberia. There are also some speakers in neighboring countries like Ukraine, Uzbekistan, China, Finland, and etc. Total speaker worldwide could be as many as 7 million.
Tatar is one of two official languages in Tatarstan Republic of Russian Federation, the other being Russian. Its written form, however is just based on the Cyrillic letters, which is of Russian, and some additional letters. Due to the language policies shifts in recent decades, Tatar is losing the base of its speakers and is one of endangered languages in or out of Tatarstan Republic.
Tatar has two major dialects, one is called central or middle that is mainly used in Tatarstan and the other called "Mishar" meaning "western" is used among Tatar people in Finland. The two dialects have several subdivisions and there are some minor variety of it as well.
Tatar courses were available in IU Language Workshop 2022.
