The Tatar language belongs to the Turkic family of languages. This language family also includes Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Nogai, Turkish, Turkoman, Tuvinian, Uzbek, and Yakut.
Tatāru valoda pieder pie tjurku valodu grupas, kurā ietilpst arī tādas valodas kā azerbaidžāņu, baškīru, jakutu, kazahu, kirgīzu, nogaju, turkmēņu, turku, tuviešu, uzbeku un citas.