Mishar Tatar or Misher Tatar, also Western Tatar (Мишәр, ''Mişär'', Мишәр Татар, ''Mişär Tatar'', көнбатыш татар, ''könbatış tatar''), is a dialect of

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

Mishar Tatars The Mishar Tatars (endonyms: мишәрләр, мишәр татарлары, mişärlär, mişär tatarları) form a subgroup of the Volga Tatars, indigenous to Mordovia, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, and Chuvashia in the Russian Federation. They ...

mainly located at

Penza Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-la ...

Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population: The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born ...

, Orenburg,

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

, Samara,

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...

, Saratov oblasts of Russia and in

Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...

, Chuvashia and

Mordovia The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...

of Russian Federation and

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. Some linguists ( Radlov, Samoylovich) think that Mishar Tatar belongs to the Kypchak-Cuman group of languages rather than to the Kypchak-Bulgar group. This is the dialect spoken by the Tatar minority of Finland. The origins of the Tatar community living in Finland rest upon the merchants coming from the Volga-Ural region of Russia in the 1860s and most of the people in this community came from

Sergach Sergach (russian: Серга́ч) is a town and the administrative center of Sergachsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Pyana River (Sura's tributary), southeast of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the obl ...

Mishar Tatar villages in the province of

. The success of the first Tatar migrations caused other villagers to migrate to Finland.

Dialects

Mishar Tatar dialects (сөйләшлер) are according to Makhmutova two (Ch and Ts)Махмутова Л.Т. Опыт исследования тюркских диалектов: мишарский диалект татарского языка. - М.: Наука, 1978. or according to

Gabdulkhay Akhatov Gabdulkhay Khuramovich Akhatov (Russian: Габдулха́й Хура́мович Аха́тов; Volga Tatar: Габделхәй Хурам улы Əхәтов; September 8, 1927 – November 25, 1986) was a Soviet Tatar Linguist, Turkologist a ...

three (Ch, Ts and mixed)

. Мишарский диалект татарского языка (учебное пособие для студентов высших учебных заведений). Уфа: Башк. ун-т, 1980 groups. In the Western (Mişär) dialect Ç is pronounced (southern or Lambir Mişärs) and as s(northern Mişärs or Nizhgars). C is pronounced . There are no differences between v and w, q and k, g and ğ in the Mişär dialect. The Cyrillic alphabet doesn't have special letters for q, ğ and w, so Mişär speakers have no difficulty reading Tatar written in Cyrillic. Classification of Mishar Tatar dialects: *Ch-dialects or Southern Mishar: пытчак, ''pıtçak'' < Kazan пычак, ''pıçak'' (knife) **Temnikovsky dialect — western rayons (esp. Temnikovsky) of

, south-eastern part of

oblast. **Lyambirsky dialect — eastern part (esp. Lyambirsky) of Mordovia. **Bashkortostan dialect —

Birsk Birsk (russian: Бирск; ba, Бөрө, ''Börö''; tt-Cyrl, Бөре, ''Böre'') is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River, from Ufa, the capital of the republic. Population: Histor ...

, Karaidelsky, Mishkinsky rayons of

. **Sharlyk dialect —

Sharlyk Sharlyk (russian: Шарлык) is the name of several rural localities (villages and ''selo''s) in Russia: * Sharlyk, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Yanyshevsky Selsoviet of Blagovarsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan * Sharlyk ...

of Orenburg oblast. **Orenburg dialect — Orenburg oblast. **Dialects of

and Saratov oblasts. **Kuznetsk dialect — Kuznetsk of

oblast. A mixed dialect by Akhatov. **Khvalynsk dialect — south

oblast (

Khvalynsk Khvalynsk ( rus, Хвалы́нск, p=xvɐˈlɨnsk) is a river port town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located by the Volga River. Population: 16,000 (1974). It is located on the right bank of the Volga, at the foot of the Khvalynsk Mountains, ...

). A mixed dialect by Akhatov. *Ts-dialects or Northern Mishar: пыцак, ''pıtsak'' < Kazan пычак, ''pıçak'' (knife) **Sergachsky dialect — Sergachsky of

oblast. **Drozhzhanovsky dialect — Drozhzhanovsky rayon of

and Chuvashia **Chistopolsky dialect (mixed) — Chistopolsky of Tatarstan and Samara oblast. **Melekessky dialect (contingently) — northern rayons (esp. Melekessky) of

oblast.

References

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