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Baraba dialect

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Native to
  
Russia

Native speakers
  
(8,000 cited 1979)

Region
  
Siberia

Glottolog
  
bara1273

Language family
  
Turkic Kypchak Kipchak–Noghay Siberian Tatar Baraba

Baraba or Baraba Tatar is spoken by at least 8,000 Baraba Tatars in Siberia. It is a dialect of Siberian Tatar. While middle aged individuals and the young generation speak the Russian and Siberian Tatar languages, Baraba Tatar language is used by the older generation.

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Geographic Distribution

Baraba Tatar is spoken mainly in the Novosibirsk Oblast in Russia. Standard Volga–Ural Tatar is taught at local Tatar schools.

Consonants

  • Sounds in paretheses appear only in loan words.
  • The sounds [ts] and [tʃ] appear in free variation. The replacement of /tʃ/ with /ts/ is a feature that distinguishes Baraba from Volga–Ural Tatar.

    • References

    Baraba dialect Wikipedia
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