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Tatar language

Tatar language

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A language spoken by the Tatar people mainly in the area between the Volga and Ural Mountains in Russia
  • noun
translation icon : idioma tártaro
  • The Tatar language uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet in modern Russia.

Examples

  • Many schools in Tatarstan teach children in the Tatar language as well as Russian.

  • She is fluent in both Russian and Tatar language.

  • I learned some phrases in Tatar language.

  • The Tatar language is rich in history.

  • Many schools in Tatarstan teach children in the Tatar language as well as Russian.

  • She is fluent in both Russian and Tatar language.

  • The Tatar language uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet in modern Russia.

Synonyms

Tatar
vsTatar language
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A Turkic language spoken in the area between the Volga and Ural rivers in Russia

has identical meaning but appears as a longer descriptive name

Surface Forms

Tatar language singular
Tatar languages plural

Morphology

Tatar + language

The meaning 'the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar people' is directly and compositionally derived from 'Tatar' (the name/adjective for the people or their speech) + 'language' (a named spoken system). This is a common cross-linguistic naming pattern ('X language') and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Tatar language comes from the name of the Tatar people who mainly live between the Volga and Ural rivers. So Tatar language simply means 'the language of the Tatar people'.