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Tat, Muslim

A language of Azerbaijan

ISO 639-3: ttt

Population  18,000 in Azerbaijan (1989 census). Population total all countries: 28,300. Ethnic population: 22,041 in Azerbaijan (1990 A. Kibrik).
Region  Widelspread in the mountainous area around Qonaqkend, but may be declining around Baku. Also in Iran, Russian Federation (Europe).
Language map  Azerbaijan
Alternate names   Muslim Tat, Mussulman Tati, Tati
Dialects  Quba, Devechi, Qonaqkend, Qyzyl Qazma, Aruskush-Daqqushchu (Khyzy), Absheron, Balakhani, Surakhani, Lahyj, Malham. Difficult intelligibility of Judeo-Tat [jdt]. Similar to Farsi [pes]. Balakhani are recent exiles from Iran, and their language is very similar to Farsi. The Lahyj dialect may be a separate language.
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Tat
Language use  Home. Few children. Positive attitude. Lahyi use Northern Azerbaijani [azj] as literary language.
Language development  Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar.
Writing system  Cyrillic script.
Comments  Different from Takestani [tks] of Iran. Muslim (Shi’a).

Also spoken in:

Iran

Language name   Tat, Muslim
Population  8,000 in Iran.
Alternate names  Mussulman Tati
Comments  Not written. Different from Takestani [tks] of Iran. Muslim (Shi’a).
 

Russian Federation (Europe)

Language name   Tat, Muslim
Population  2,300 in Russian Federation (2002 census).
Region  Northern Caucasus (Daghestan); large community in Moscow.
Alternate names  Mussulman Tati
Dialects  Northern Tats.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Clifton, John M. and others. 2003. "The sociolinguistic situation of the Tat and Mountain Jews in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M., editor. 2003. Studies in languages of Azerbaijan, vol 2.