The Tom Tatar dialect is one of three major dialects of Siberian Tatars. Eushta, Kalmak and Chat Tatars speak this dialect.
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Classification
In Tumasheva's opinion, the Tom dialect is grammatically very close to Altai and related languages.
Dialects
According to Tumasheva, Tom dialect is divided into three sub-dialects:
Eushta-Chat dialect (Tomsk Oblast)
Or sub-dialect of Chat Tatars (Novosibirsk Oblast)
Kalmak dialect (Kemerovo Oblast). (Sometimes considered a distinct language or dialect of Teleut)
