TAT: WHAT's this LANGUAGE and WHERE do they speak it? | RARE LANGUAGES

This winter I had a trip to some Caucasian countries, the first of which was Azerbaijan. Apart from the most typical touristic attractions I also visited a small mountainous village called LAHIC, which is very famous for its handicrafts and is usually visited by tourists in the summer. What I got to know then is that in this village they speak a different language from the rest of the country. This language is called TAT.
The Tat language is a Southwestern Iranian language related to Persian. It's spoken by the Tats in Azerbaijan and Russia.
During my trip I got interested in this language and decided to make a video about it. I also interviewed a Tat speaker. So, in this video I'm going to share some shots from the trip together with some extracts of my interview.

[@ilkinmammadsalahov2506]

I'm native tat. Thanks very much ❤️

[@zuhuntati4920]

I am native Tat from Qonaqkand. Thanks for this project.

[@srxanmansuroglu5440]

Tat😍

[@abto7222]

İran xalqı səni həmişə xatırlayacaq, Azərbaycandakı əziz Tataslar, biz səni sevirik.

[@Amir-wb6jq]

Your language is very similar to Persian, I understand most words very easily

[@Armanius1387]

I'm an Iranian TAT and thanks for this beautiful video

[@caucasianboy3244]

I'm a Tat from Baku. Thank you for this beautiful video and for your interest in our language. We are indigenous people of Iranian origin in the Caucasus. We are Tat. The origin of the name Tat is based on the word ''Dat'' (Law) in the Avesta language.

[@zuhuntati4920]

Salam birar. Uşmu ə kamcayind?

[@Talysh37]

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[@Talysh37]

@@zuhuntati4920 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZLFmYduirmid8U

[@valimammadov3913]

Salam. Elə mən də tatam.

[@srxanmansuroglu5440]

@@valimammadov3913 məndə

[@rezataheri1998]

i'm a native Persian speaker and i kind of understand what they say it's amazing!

[@APolyglotDiary]

Wow, great! I wasn't sure it's really mutually intelligible. Now I know😁

[@rezataheri1998]

@@APolyglotDiary but it's not easy to understand tho, i had to listen multiple times in order to get what they say also they say things in a different "way" (for example when he said "good morning" he said: "your morning be good") and also i can't understand anything when he says "my name is Khalil" no matter how many times i listen to it

[@crystalfaith4662]

As far as I know Tat language is mostly related to Middle Persian

[@vesmerizvanova7658]

I am native Tat. There is not much information about Tat people. I wish many projects like this. Thank you very much!

[@Talysh37]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZLFmYduirmid8U

[@dreamland7078]

Oh may I ask where are you from? Can you understand Persian? Cause it's so similar and I can understand much

[@vesmerizvanova7658]

@@dreamland7078 I am from Azerbaijan and I am Tat

[@dreamland7078]

@@vesmerizvanova7658 Nice💖💖💖

[@zahramalikzada4484]

Men de tatam😍. Siz haranin tatisiz?

[@mohammadvakhideh2183]

Very interesting, as an Iranian who speaks Persian and Mazandarani (a northwestern Iranian language spoken in south coast of the Caspian Sea), I almost understand this language even heard for first time. In my opinion it could be considered as a Persian dialect and every Iranian could interact with these people and and got fascinated!

[@azadadam4738]

Hi The Tat people not bordered just with a Lahij village.Tats lives in more regions of Azerbaijan and around Baku(Absheron etc)also Gadabay,Agsu,Quba,Khachmaz,Davachi,(Shabran)Shamaky,Siyazan,Khizy,Sumqait,Ismailli and Absheron,Baku. It's not all.The Tat language has a different dialects.Dialects Baku,Shamaky,Quba,Ismayilli, and also Montain Jews tati dialect called as a Juhuri or Juri It's just a short information about Tat nation.

[@Talysh37]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZLFmYduirmid8U

[@qarabagazrbaycandr406]

👏👏👏👏👏👍Şamaxılı yam Bakıda qaliram Qaradagda.Tat am

[@turkoguzlu8578]

Agsu and Gadabay?Tats don't live in Aran

[@bnshncmb4127]

I'm Tati jew and we speak another dialect of Tati than in the vid. BTW, surprises me a lot that someone from outside is interested in our language. Thanks.

[@bijanchitsaz9305]

Thank you for such wonderful video, I also have to add , the original language of Azerbaijan is Tati which is another branch of Persian or Iranian languages. These . The population of these villages mentioned , have kept the original language of their Azeri people.

[@AdinBenYosef]

I am a Mountain Jew (Jewish Tat). Most people think we are Turkish because we live in Azerbaijan, but we are really Persian Jews or Just Persians if you are just Tat. Thank you for this video, I hope it gives some insight of my people!😇

[@rhimbdlzad7566]

Heyo, thank you very much for the video! As a Tat person, it means a lot to us when people draw attention to our language

[@brayanfajardo9579]

So interesting topic, thanks a lot 😃

[@APolyglotDiary]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it😁

[@primmmdova959]

Thank you so much for making a video about Tat people❤

[@APolyglotDiary]

You're welcome 🙂

[@nana830]

Im persian iranian and today i discovered this language. Checked youtube and found your video. Thanks vary much for information. Also is good to know that north iran near Caspian sea we have a beautiful city called Lahijan. Wishing all the best for you 👍🙏👏❤🌹

[@Hasmik007]

It was very interesting! Thank you!

[@lkrause]

Thank you so much for this informative video.

[@turalrza1790]

İ am Tat and thank you for this video you are an only person that you speak about Tats!

[@elecktrofe2]

Muy buen video, hojala sigas subiedo mas material en ingles y español ..saludos!!✌

[@APolyglotDiary]

Sí, voy a subir más videos😉

[@freedom2386]

Muchas gracias amigo

[@bdulrhman5412]

i am talyshi who speaks old azeri, my mums parents are tat of russia

[@aqazadecavad4942]

Zində gərdi Tolişho)) Tat, Talış iki qardaş xalqdı.

[@mechanicalechineseenglish6872]

Thank you. Great video👌👏👌🙏

[@salamualeykum5889]

im tat from Quba, Azerbaycan! thanks for video!) Karabah is Azerbaijan !)

[@antonbarbet3971]

And all Azerbaijan is IRAN

[@canadianbro9327]

Omg, that's awesome

[@rasul_alizade]

Thanks a lot 🌹 Would love to welcome you in southern part of Azerbaijan to taste talish language which is very similar to tati language :) By the way, this region is also famous for its local cuisine, hosbitality and longevity, since the oldest person lived a 160 year life in the district of Lerik ;) Much obliged to see your kind interest.

[@partizanpartizan3604]

Brothers Talish ❤️ lots of love to you from Tat brother))) Xudo dori Tolışə))

[@Talysh37]

@@partizanpartizan3604 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZLFmYduirmid8U

[@Talysh37]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZLFmYduirmid8U

[@alis9847]

I am a native Tat speaker from north Iran, Bujnord city, we speak Tat .

[@esc_nell4063]

I am native tat (from both sides, dad and mom). Can understand it since my grandparents spoke it all the time. However, can not talk, because my parents always spoke only Azerbaijani to us and we had school, education, everything in Azerbaijani. Even thought technically Tat is supposed to be my mother-tongue, in reality, it is not. My mother-tongue is Azerbaijani. Even my English and my russian is way better than my Tat language skills. Which is a shame, of course. And obviously, my kids in the future won't even understand Tat. So that's how Tat language is dying.

[@kambiz7556]

Thank you!

[@anthonyvesudruy4297]

Very similar to Kurdish language.

[@bdulrhman5412]

it comes from old azeri known as talyshi

[@meggieqin8496]

I am from center of Iran and I had no Idea that our local version of persian is a dialect of tati language , sometimes called pahlavi or middle persian , tat people are living in north, center, and east of Iran as well ,and their dreses specially women clothing is still same ! Some verbs have find their way to farsi spoken by isfahani ,iraki and khorasany people! Where I can learn more about this beautiful language? And you are right in some areas tats call themselves persian or fars , in east some call themselves tajik as well,some even say both tat and tajik are the words that turks called persian speakers in iran so at the end tajik, tat , persian and fars is one,I wish more studies would be done on this subject

[@qarabagazrbaycandr406]

İ m from Şamaxı in Dəmirçi.✌️🇦🇿

[@workdesk-9446]

I'm a Tat speaker from Iran. The Tat my ancestors speak is somewhat closer to Judo Tat and I can easily communicate with a Judo Tat speaker, but I will need to think harder to understand the language of the man in the video but, similarities between our dialects are unbelievable.

[@sepehrarb5222]

تات ایرانی که تو شمال ایران سخن گفته میشه دوست گرامی کاملا متفاوته قضیش.این تات این ویدیو یک زبان ایرانی جنوب غربی مانند فارسی هست و یک گویش فارسی.تاتی که شما سخن میگید یک زبان ایرانی شمال غربی مانند گیلگی و مازنی

[@huseynquliyev7663]

I am proud to be Tat

[@abto7222]

Mən bir İranlıyam və Tat xalqını sevirəm, bu ayrılığa görə həmişə kədərlənirəm. Zəhmət olmasa mənə müraciət edin. Mən hamınızı sevirəm♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@aqazadecavad4942]

Salam aleykum. Biz Tatlar da yarı Azərbaycanlı yarı İranlıyıq

[@teymur_]

@@aqazadecavad4942 İranlı zad deyilik)) Biz Şirvanlıyıq Şirvanşahlar həmişə İrandan ayrı olub.

[@aqazadecavad4942]

@@teymur_ təbliğat qurbanı olan insanlardakı İran nifrəti hiss olunur səndə qardaş)) mən özüm İranda bir dəfə də olmamışam. İranla tarixə söykənən əlaqəmizi nəzərdə tuturam. Etnik kökümüzün birliyini nəzərdə tuturam. Biz İrani xalqlardanıq. Necə Turani millətlər qohumdursa bizim də İranla bu cür əlaqəmiz var. Fars, Tat, Talış, Kürd, Ossetin, Tajik, Bəluc, Lur, Puştun və s. birçox xalqlar

[@aqazadecavad4942]

@@teymur_ və həmçinin bizim millətin daha çox hissəsi İranda yaşayır. Hətta öz dilimizdə öz əlifbamızla yazıb danışırlar. İşlətdiyin smartfonda da o əlifba var Tati yaz klaviaturava bizim əlifba da gəlsin. İranın tərtib etdiyi əlifbamız))

[@teymur_]

@@aqazadecavad4942 tanımadığın adam haqqında nece bilmeden danışırsan e 😀 men İra düşməni deyiləm. Sadece sen tarix ve coğrafiya bilmirsense men ne edim 😀 Osetin de biz de iranmenşeli xalqıq dilimiz iranmenşelidi aryanıq amma iranlı deyilik 😀 qafqazlıyıq biz nece Rusla polyak qohum xalqdı amma buna görə polyaklar Rusiyalı olmur biz de ele 😀 Seni tarixinde Şirvanşahlar kimi Azərbaycanın en uzun ömürlü dövləti var ve hemin İranın türk kökənli Səfəvi şahı gəlib işğal edib son qoyub min ilə yaxın yaşı olan dövlətə.

[@ytased3429]

Thank you

[@Talysh37]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZLFmYduirmid8U

[@bidarvandi]

Iranian southern accent mix with hebraic words.i am from sussan iran .i have no problem to understand most of it.the accent is belong to medes tribe like dario and king exeres from hamadan which queen aster and mordekhai are burried

[@vm845]

Go to Israel to find lots of judeo-persian (tati dialect) language speakers!!! 🤩 Jews coming from Derbent, Makhachkala, Nalchik, Baku, Quba and so on...

[@mplwnmp]

I am tat, but neither speak or understand tat language... it’s a shame, as for my grandfather tat was his mother-tongue...

[@srxanmansuroglu5440]

Bravo

[@hellboy1714]

TAT IS FARSI IRAN🇮🇷

[@armandoneri3607]

Tati language is an Iranian language where it is widely spoken. It is not a surprise as until recently Azerbaijan was part of Iran for thousands of years before the Russians annexed it and took it away from Iran.

[@partizanpartizan3604]

Hello dear ! 🙂 Thank you for your interst about Lahic, our nation and our Tati language. İ want to correct a mistake. There is not a group of Tats that named "armenian Tat". There were grigorian christian Tats. They are named "armenian Tats" at the time of enumeration in 20th century. But this is not true name. Tats and armenians are different nations. Also one mistake is "Tat" toponym's history. İts not turkish word. This hypothesis is not true. This hypothesis installed by pan-turkists racists against Tat people. Because there is "turan-iran" (panturkists racist against İranian peoples) proplem in this geography Azerbaijan. Tat people are strongly assimilatied by Azerbaijanian "turks".

[@zuhuntati4920]

Of course. There Tat people are assimilated.

[@antinationalist5991]

Assimilyasiya olmasaydığ indi 2 milyon sayımız olardi bəlkə də

[@qarabagazrbaycandr406]

Armenia don't Tat.our language is not the same. it has no connection.

[@aqazadecavad4942]

@@qarabagazrbaycandr406 of course. Absolutely right my dear ! Armenians and Tats are definitely different people. The only thing in common and the reason for misunderstanding is that some of the Tat people are Grigorian Chiristian believers like armenians

[@bidarvandi]

@@antinationalist5991 BRABO

[@user-hg7dx6ey1z]

Добрый день!Будут ли на вашем канале уроки испанского?

[@APolyglotDiary]

Да, как раз в скором времени собираюсь начать делать уроки испанского

[@user-hg7dx6ey1z]

@@APolyglotDiary, на каком языке вы будете вести уроки?

[@APolyglotDiary]

@@user-hg7dx6ey1z на русском

[@cheguevara8342]

They mostly call themselves Parsi. Some of them were settled in Azerbaijan during the rule of the Sassanians. Some came from Lahijan, some from Khuzistan, etc. That's the reason the names of their actual settlements in Azerbaijan refer to their anscient motherland in South-West Iran, like Khizy or Lahij☝️

[@aliqazvin8539]

Tat is so papular language of qazvin province , takestan has 200 tosands people all speak tati

[@michaelishako-v5026]

Salam! I have Tat, Kumyk, and Azeri ancestry!

[@freedom2386]

Nice bro

[@MatanatIsayeva-ic3lq]

Tat means that from sanskrit . I had kundalini activation and got this information . Kunda means round in tat language

[@abolfazlyousefi4412]

I'm Tat , I'm from Qazvin in Iran

[@mikanika3566]

❤❤❤

[@freedom2386]

You mast explore more old documents about this beautiful nation.Then you will know more informations and realities. Xuşbəxtüm ki Tatüm.

[@Mah26373]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@teymur_]

It is not necessary to go to Lahıc, the Tat language is also spoken in the Suraxanı region of Baku.

[@zar9991]

My father tat, from in Xizi.

[@mititaleliqo3913]

Salam əziz dillər Mən İrandanam Körpə bizə körpədən daha yaxındır

[@qarabagazrbaycandr406]

İ m Tat

[@madina6528]

Salam. Tatlar haqqinda melumat vere bilersiz?

[@qarabagazrbaycandr406]

@@madina6528 Tata Duxtər --toxuyucu, qurucu Tatlar deməkdir.Azərbaycanin ilk qurucularıdir.medeniyyet ve incəsənət kimi değerleri Azərbaycana biz getirdik.sonra,rus,ermeni,türk geldi qırdı yandırdı soyqırım törətdi ve güçlü asimilasiya etdi.bizim olanları sahiblendiler. Sasanilər, Şirvanşahlar dövründə Tat dili danışılırdı hətta 💯 il öncə bu davam edərdi sonradan panturklesdirdiler.halbuki Lahica Şamaxı nim Dəmirçi kəndinə ve bir çox kendine gedib maraqlansaz çoxu Tatlardi.ve Tat mədəniyyətleri hele de davam edir.

[@qarabagazrbaycandr406]

@@madina6528 internetdən maraqlansaz çoxlu dəyişik məlumat lara rast geleceksiz.coxu da bizə kimliyimizi unutdurmaq üçün edilib.gah bize Türk dediler gah ermeni,gah rus,gah Skifo, sak ,gah massaget gah pars hami bizi asimilasiya etmeye devam edir.buna göre çoxumuz kimlimiyizi gizlədirik.Qafqazda Qorskiy yevrey ler de Tatdır olarda kimliyin gizlədir.yahuduyik deyir. Dərbənd,Şamaxı,Bakı Təbriz paxlava şəklində yaşayırıq xəritədə baxsan.coxumuz kimliyimizi dilimizi unuduruq asimile oluruq.biz sadece Tatiq!

[@qarabagazrbaycandr406]

@@madina6528 bəziləri yazır ki Sasanilər dövründə 12 yahudi ailesi İsraildən Təbrizə sürgün edilir burada Pers lərlə evliliklerinden Tat lar yaranır.qurub tikməyi özlərinə vəzifə seçiblər ya evvelden emek severdiler.Təbrizdədə Azərbaycan da da Xalçalarımız məşhurdur.Taciklerle,Pərslərlə dilimiz çox bənzərdir.ama ərəb sözləri və səsləri,boğazları var.tatca mahnılar dinləyin nağıl dinləyin. Peygerhoya hikoyeyi adlı nağıla qulaq asın.hikoyeyi yazın gelecek

[@madina6528]

@@qarabagazrbaycandr406 mən bu il öyrəndim diyəsən bizim ailədə tatdır. Ama heç xəbərim olmuyub. Ona görə maraqlanıram tat dilini də öyrənmək istəyirəm internetdə bu barədə çox məlumat yoxdu

[@elyarpirnia5389]

İn khalkhal iran you can find the lot of them

[@afaqmamedova4542]

I am tat

[@user-dk8or7zp2z]

I am tat😎

[@pmrMountaineer]

very close to tajik/farsi.

[@ahmedtalaat834]

Sabah el jeir "Buenos días" es del árabe. Y también zaug "esposa"

[@Ama-mj4no]

I'm Tat

[@Armanius1387]

Most of the TATs are living in Iran not Azerbaijan (in qazvin province and alborz province and ardabil province)

[@yourwifesfirsthusband2038]

Old azeri language before turkiftion

[@yakov95000]

Juhuri 🇮🇱❤️🇦🇿

[@christopherellis2663]

You seem to have a Ukrainian accent

[@AzikPardilov]

The name Tat was given by the Russians under their rule to indicate that we are not the same people and to separate us from the peoples of the region, we are not Tats, we are mountain Jews

[@heilamessy]

Some regions of Caucasus including Azarbaijan were part of Iran. Tat is one of the persian dialect. f*king Russia (former soviet union) separated Azarbaujan from Iran. nothing good comes out of Russia.

[@azri6256]

Karabakh is Azerbaijan!!

[@pmrMountaineer]

причем здесь Карабах! достали уже.

[@haroldgodwinson3410]

самоназвание вообще то не тат , а парс, татами их называли соседние народы, язык зухуне парси 👍

[@benjamin-df2qv]

In the red city there are tat jews, juhur(don't call themselves tat)

[@Azari247]

بیشتر لهجشون به ترکی و کوردی میخوره و یکمم مازندرانی 😂

[@jamesjameson4329]

Poorly made video, just regurgitating stuff found on Wikipedia

[@elyarpirnia5389]

İ hate tats

[@Oshin-en8nb]

They hate you too

[@srxanmansuroglu5440]

Elyar go to hell

[@Ali-nr5bh]

Peyser

[@odlaryurduazrbaycan303]

Our Tats are more aryan than kurds and persians. Half of Tats are white and have blond hair /blue eyes. "Originial perso aryans " are ossetins,tats,tajiks. Kurds and Persians lost their semitic and turkic roots. Kurds and persians are genetic and cultural semitic and turks. Kurdish language has 8500 words. Their 3000words are arabic,3000words are turkic . Persian language has 20000 words . Their 8000words(40%) are arabic,4000words(20%) are turkic. Both have arabic thin phonetic and turkic agglutinative grammar. Kurdish music is arabic and persian navel dance and tasnif music are arabic navel dance and arabic maqam music . Kurds and Persians use also Turkic Ashiq(Ozan) music too. Kurds and Persians have not also owrn litertura style. Kurds and Persians use arabic and turkic styles. Eruz,Gazal,and etc... are arabic literature styles. Dastan,bayati,qoshma,gozelleme and etc... are turkic Ashiq(Ozan) literatura style. But our tats have own literature style-Badiyya literature style . Our tats have own folk music-Meykhana. Our tats are not copy from other nations they are originial nation and true aryan.They dont look like fake nations(kurds and persians).

[@sepehrarb5222]

go back to Mongolia and don't say bull sheet. Eighty/ninety percent of our daily speech is in Aryan words(Persian/kurdish) You also use Persian for the word city(Şəhər)/Namaz/and ....

[@AndrewJohnson-hq3di]

are you on drug ?