Baraba dialect

Baraba
Paraba
Native to Russia
Region Siberia
Native speakers
unknown (8,000 cited 1979)[1]
Turkic
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog bara1273[2]

Baraba or Baraba Tatar is spoken by at least 8,000 Baraba Tatars in Siberia. It is a dialect of Siberian Tatar.[3] While middle aged individuals and the young generation speak the Russian and Siberian Tatar languages, Baraba Tatar language is used by the older generation.[4]

Geographic Distribution

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

Sounds

Consonants

The consonants of Baraba
Labial Dental Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Plosive p b t d k ɡ q
Affricate ts
Fricative (f) (v) s (z) ʃ (ʒ) x ɣ h
Nasal m n ŋ
Lateral Glide l
Trill r
Semivowel w ɥ j

Vowels

The vowels of Baraba
Front Central Back
High i y ɯ u
Mid e ø ë ø̈ ö o
Low æ a

See also

References

  1. "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire". Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-21.
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Baraba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Tumasheva, D. G. [Тумашева Д. Г.] 1977. Диалекты сибирских татар. Опыт сравнительного исследования. Казань, 1977 (Russian)
  4. Güllüdağ, Nesrin 2013. "Baraba Tatarlarının dili üzerine bir inceleme." In AVRASYA Uluslararası Arastırmalar Dergisi 2(3):88-128. Temmuz 2013. (Turkish)
  5. Дмитриева, Л. В. (1981). Язык Барабинских Татар (Материалы и Исследования) (in Russian). Leningrad: Академия Наук СССР.
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