The Tobol-Irtysh Tatar 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 Tatar. 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, Muromtsevsky 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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