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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., author. 2009. Do the Talysh and Tat languages have a future in Azerbaijan?.  

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

CLIFTON, John M.; DECKINGA, Gabriela; LUCHT, Laura; TIESSEN, Calvin, authors. 2003. "The sociolinguistic situation of the Tat and Mountain Jews in Azerbaijan."