Kazan Tatar language
Also known as: Central Tatar language
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Kazan Tatar is a Turkic language spoken by the Kazan Tatar people, primarily in the Tatarstan region of Russia. It is one of the major dialects of the Tatar language, alongside Western or Misher Tatar. Kazan Tatar serves as the literary language for the Tatar people. The Tatar language belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages, which are part of the larger, though debated, Altaic language group. Tatar is also spoken in other countries, including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and China.123
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