Tatar

• Alternate names: Tartar Also: in China -- Tartar, Tata'er
• Scriptures published: New Testament (1820--2005) Portions (1864--2007)
• Literacy: Literacy rate in second language: High. Taught in primary schools. Y and university
• Primary country: Russian Federation
• Region: Tatarstan and Bashkortostan republics; Saint Petersburg and Moscow to eastern Siberia
• Also used in: Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan
• Religion: Muslim (Sunni), Christian
• Status: Recognized language in Kazakhstan; Statutory provincial language in Russian Federation
• Number of users: 5,407,550 (4,280,000; 800 in China (1999 Z. Chen))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Tatar
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Tatar on the web
• Joshua Project: Tatar — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Tatar — detailed linguistic information.