Tobol-Irtysh dialect

The Tobol-Irtysh dialect is a Turkic dialect group 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. Johanson groups these dialects under the name of Western Siberian Tatar.

Dialects

According to Tumasheva, Tobol-Irtysh Tatar has 5 dialects:

Tyumen
Tobol
Zabolotny
Tevriz
Tara

The Tyumen dialect is spoken in Tyumen, Yalutorovsk and Veljan Raions. Speakers of the Tobol dialect live in the Tobolsk, Bagaï and Yarkovsky Districts.

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.

References

Sources

Barsukova, Ramzija Sibachatullovna (2004). Zabolotnyj govor tobolo-irtyšskogo dialekta tatarskogo jazyka v sravnitelʹnom osveščenii Зaбoлoтный гoвop тоболo-иртышского диалекта татарского языка в cpaвнительном освещении. Kazanʹ: Fiker. ISBN 978-5-93091-053-7.
Johanson, Lars, ed. (2006). The Turkic languages. Routledge language family descriptions (Repr ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-41261-2.
Tumasheva, D. G. (1992). Slovarʹ dialektov sibirskikh tatar Словарь диалектов сибирских татар (in rustar). Kazanʹ: Izd-vo Kazanskogo universiteta. ISBN 978-5-7464-0507-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)