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Tepter Tatar language

Also known as: Teptyar Tatar language
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The Tepter (or Teptyar) language is a dialect of the Tatar language, which is a northwestern Turkic language within the Altaic language group. It is spoken in various regions, including Tatarstan in Russia, as well as in Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and China.1

The major dialects of Tatar are Kazan Tatar and Western or Misher Tatar. Tepter is considered one of the minor varieties, alongside Kasimov, Astrakhan, and Ural Tatar. Kazan Tatar serves as the literary language. The Altaic hypothesis, which suggests a genetic relationship between Turkic, Mongolic, and Manchu-Tungus languages, is controversial, with many scholars now viewing it as a useful grouping due to prolonged geographic proximity rather than a true language family.12

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