Locale Tt Ru

Reference data for the Tatar (Russia) locale — endonym Татар теле (Россия), written in the Cyrillic script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: tt-RU
• ISO 639-1: tt
• ISO 639-3: tat
• Script: Cyrl (Cyrillic)
• Region: RU (Russia)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 5,300,000
• L2 (additional): 1,200,000
• L1+L2 (total): 6,500,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Tt 001 (Tatar), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR has no explicit plural rule defined for this language; it falls back to the root rule of a single other category (1 form) — every count uses the same word form, as in Japanese or Chinese.

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Tt 001 with the conventions of Russia (Tatarstan).

• Context: Tatar and Russian are both state languages of Tatarstan; many documents are bilingual. Tatar content should be complete and not a thin translation of Russian.
• Formats: ruble (₽); dates 17.10.2026; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.
• Script: Cyrillic is the official script in Russia; do not use Latin spelling without a requirement.

Common pitfalls

• Using Latin Tatar for Russian-based content.
• Providing Tatar that mirrors Russian syntax.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Tt 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Unicode CLDR locale data for number, date, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)