Tobol-Irtysh dialect

The Tobol-Irtysh dialect is a Turkic dialect group spoken in Tyumen and Omsk Oblast in Russia,^[1] and gets its name from the Tobol and Irtysh rivers.

Tobol-Irtysh
Native to	Russia
Region	Tyumen Oblast, Omsk Oblast
Ethnicity	Tobol-Irtysh Tatars
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak Kipchak–Nogai Tobol-Irtysh
Dialects	Tyumen Tobol Eastern Tobol Zabolotny Tevriz Tara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	tobo1249
Map of Tobol-Irtysh dialect of Siberian Tatar, 1965

A Tobol Tatar

Classification

It is generally classed among the dialects of the Tatars of Siberia, of which some also speak Baraba.^[2] Johanson groups these dialects under the name of Western Siberian Tatar.^[3]

Dialects

According to Tumasheva, Tobol-Irtysh Tatar has 5 dialects:^[4]

• 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

See also

• Siberian Tatars