Tat is a Southwest Iranian language spoken mainly in Azerbaijan, and also in Iran and Russia. In 2011 there were about 22,800 Tat speakers in Azerbaijan, mainly in the Balakan district of the Surakhan region. This figure includes speakers of Juhuri / Judeo-Tat. There are about 8,000 Tat speakers in Gilan and Qazvin provinces of Iran, and about 2,000 in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic in Russia.
Tat is also known as Muslim Tat, Mussulman Tati or Tati. It is closely related to Juhuri, although the two languages are not entirely mutually intelligible.
In Azerbaijan and Iran Tat is taught in some primary schools. Tat is spoken mainly by adults and some children, however there is a shift towards Azerbaijani.
From about the 1870s, Judeo-Tat was written with the Hebrew script. Ways to write Tat with the Latin script were proposed in the USSR in 1928, and an official Latin orthography was approved at a conference in Baku in 1929. It was devised by Boris Miller (1877-1956), a professor of Iranian languages at Moscow State University. The new alphabet was used in schools, books and the media, and the first grammar of Tat was published in 1932.
A way to write Tat with the Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from 1937, and officially adopted in 1938. Meanwhile in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, use of Tat in publications, the media and education was banned, however a different way to write Tat with the Cyrillic alphabet emerged.
In the 1990s after the collapse of the USSR, Muslim Tat speakers in Azerbaijan created a new way to write their langauge with the Latin alphabet.
Download an alphabet chart for Tat (Excel)
Иран Асиа де ҹонуб е хавәр ҹа бигити. Ирани шомало Каспија дәрја, Әрмәнестан, Аран & Торкәмәнестан дерон. Хавәр де Әфғанестан & Пакестан дерон. Торкијә ани шомал е бахтәри, Ерағ ани бахтәр, Парсиани кәндов & Парсиани дәрја ани ҹонубо ҹа бигитин. Теһран Ирани тахтипај һәстә.
Иран Асиа де жонуб э хавэр жа бигити. Ирани шомало Каспияни дэря, Эрмэнестан, Аран & Торкэмэнестан дерон. Хавэр де Эфгъанестан & Пакестан дерон. Торкийэ ани шомал э бахтэри, Эрагъ ани бахтэр, Парсиани кэндов & Парсиани дэря ани жонубо жа бигитин. Тегьран Ирани тахтипай гьэстэ.
Iran Asia de conub e xavər ca bigiti. Irani şomalo Kaspiyani dərya, Ərmənestan, Aran & Torkəmənestan deron. Xavər de Əfqanestan & Pakestan deron. Torkiyə ani şomal e baxtəri, Eraq ani baxtər, Parsiani kəndov & Parsiani dərya ani conubo ca bigitin. Tehran Irani taxtipay həstə.
Source: https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/زبان_تاتی_قفقاز
Sample text provide by Jin Wei Hii
Iran is located in Southeast Asia. In the north of Iran is the Caspian Sea, Armenia, Aran (Republic of Azerbaijan) and Turkmenistan. In the east are Afghanistan and Pakistan. Turkey is located in the North West, Iraq in the West, the Persian Gulf and the Persian Sea (Oman) in the south. Tehran is capital of Iran.
Information about Tat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tat_language_(Caucasus)
http://www.language-archives.org/language/ttt
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/musl1236
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Tat-Muslim.htm
https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/3041
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Languages written with the Latin alphabet
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