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For other uses, see Tat.
For additional information refer also to Persian peoples.
Tat people of Iran
Regions with significant populations
Northern Iran
Provinces of Qazvin, Alborz, Tehran, Ardabil, Gilan, North Khorasan, Markazi, Zanjan, East Azerbaijan
Languages
Tati
Religion
Shia Islam
Related ethnic groups
Talysh • Kurdish • Gilak • Mazandarani • Baloch


Tat people of Iran (Tati: Irünə Tâtün, Template:Rtl-lang) or Southern Tats[2] are an Iranian people living in northern Iran, especially in the south of Qazvin province. They are a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranians[3][4].

Tats of Iran use the Tati language (Iran), is a group of Northwestern Iranian dialects which are closely related to the Talysh language. Persian and Azeri are also spoken. Tats of Iran are mainly Shia Muslims and about 300,000 population.[5][6][7][8][9]

Starting from the Middle Ages, the term Tati was used not only for the Caucasus but also for north-western Iran, where it was extended to almost all of the local Iranian languages except of Persian and Kurdish.[citation needed]

Currently, the term Tati and Tati language is used to refer to a particular group of north-western Iranian dialects (Chali, Danesfani, Hiaraji, Hoznini, Esfarvarini, Takestani, Sagzabadi, Ebrahimabadi, Eshtehardi, Hoini, Kajali, Shahroudi, Harzani) in Iranian Azerbaijan, as well as south of it in the provinces of Qazvin and Zanjan.[10] These dialects have a certain affinity to the Talysh language as one of the descendants of the Old Azari language.[11]

The use of the name Tati to two different Iranian languages erroneously suggests that the Caucasian Tats also live in Iran.[citation needed]

Tat is a word of Turkish origin, used by Turkic-speakers to denote non-Turkic population of settled way of life.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ethnologue, Languages of the World: Tati people including Alviri-Vidari, Eshtehardi, Gozarkhani, Harzani (Population: 28.100 in 2000), Kabatei, Kajali, Karingani (Population: 17.600 in 2000), Kho’ini, Koresh-e Rostam, Maraghei, Razajerdi, Rudbari, Shahrudi, Takestani (Population: 220,000) and Taromi, Upper ethnic groups.
  2. ^ A Grammar of Southern Tati Dialects, Ehsan Yarshater, Median Dialect Studies I. The Hague and Paris, Mouton and Co., 1969.
  3. ^ The Tati Language Group in the Sociolinguistic Context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia, Donald Stilo, 1981.
  4. ^ A Grammar of Southern Tati Dialects, Ehsan Yarshater, Median Dialect Studies I. The Hague and Paris, Mouton and Co., 1969.
  5. ^ Persian Wikipedia (تات‌های ایران)
  6. ^ it is also spoken in some villages like Vafs and Chehreghan in the central areas of Iran like Gholamhossein Mosahab's The Persian Encyclopedia
  7. ^ Paul, Ludwig (1998a). The position of Zazaki among West Iranian languages. In Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference of Iranian Studies, 11-15.09.1995, Cambridge, Nicholas Sims-Williams (ed.), 163-176. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
  8. ^ Andrew Dalby, Dictionary of Languages: the definitive reference to more than 400 languages, Columbia University Press, 2004, pg 496.
  9. ^ "Azari, the Old Iranian Language of Azerbaijan," Encyclopaedia Iranica, op. cit., Vol. III/2, 1987 by E. Yarshater. External link: [1]
  10. ^ Языки мира. Иранские языки. Северо-западные иранские языки. с. 106-107. М., Индрик, 1999 г.
  11. ^ تات
  12. ^ http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/tats.shtml
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