Baraba, Paraba or Baraba Tatar is a dialect of Siberian Tatar[4] spoken by Baraba Tatars in Siberia. While middle aged individuals and the young generation speak Russian and Volga-Ural Tatar, the Baraba dialect is used only by the older generation.[5] As such, it is classified as Severely Endangered by the Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

History

The Arabic script has been historically used to write Siberian Tatar. The Latin script was adopted in 1928 but was replaced with the Cyrillic script in 1938.[citation needed] While standard Volga Tatar is widely taught in local schools, Baraba Tatar is not.[6]

Geographic distribution

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

Sounds

Consonants

Consonants of Baraba
Labial Dental Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Plosive Voiceless p t k q
Voiced b d ɡ
Affricate ts tʃ
Fricative Voiceless (f) s ʃ x h
Voiced (v) (z) (ʒ) ɣ
Nasal m n ŋ
Lateral l
Trill r
Semivowel Plain j
Labial ɥ w
  • Sounds in parentheses 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.[7]

Vowels

Vowels of Baraba
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded unrounded compressed rounded unrounded rounded
High i y ɯ u
Mid e ø ë ø̈ ö o
Low æ ɑ

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire". Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2006.
  2. ^ Moseley, Christopher, ed. (2010). Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages (1. publ. in paperback ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-56331-4.
  3. ^ "Сибирскотатарский язык | Малые языки России". minlang.iling-ran.ru. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ^ Тумашева, Д. Г. (1977). Dialekty sibirskih tatar. Opyt sravnitelʹnogo issledovanija Диалекты сибирских татар. Опыт сравнительного исследования [Dialects of Siberian Tatars. Comparative research experience] (in Russian). Казань.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Güllüdağ, Nesrin (July 2013). "Baraba Tatarlarının dili üzerine bir inceleme" [A Study on the Language of the Baraba Tatars] (PDF). AVRASYA Uluslararası Arastırmalar Dergisi (in Turkish). 2 (3): 88–128.
  6. ^ "Baraba Tatars". The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire. Archived from the original on 10 May 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ Дмитриева, Л. В. (1981). Язык Барабинских Татар (Материалы и Исследования) (in Russian). Leningrad: Академия Наук СССР.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraba_dialect
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