Tobol-Irtysh dialect

The Tobol-Irtysh dialect is a Turkic dialect group spoken in Tyumen and Omsk Oblast in Russia,^[2] 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[1] Tobol-Irtysh
Dialects	Tyumen Tobol Eastern Tobol (Tokuz-Uvat) Zabolotny Tevriz (Kurdak, Kurtak) 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.^[3] Johanson groups these dialects under the name of Western Siberian Tatar.^[4]

Dialects

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

• Tyumen - Tyumensky, Yalutorovsky, Nizhnetavdinsky, Isetsky, Zavodoukovsky, Yarkovsky raion of Tyumen Oblast
• Tobol with Tokuz-Uvat (Eastern Tobol) - Tyumensky (with former Baikalovsky), Vagaisky (with former Dubrovinsky), Yarkovsky raion of Tyumen Oblast
• Zabolotny - Tobolsky, Uvatsky raion of Tyumen Oblast
• Tevriz (Kurdak, Kurtak) - Tevrizsky, Ust-Ishimsky, Znamensky raion of Omsk Oblast
• Tara - Tarsky, Bolsherechensky, Kolosovsky raion of Omsk Oblast

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