Crimean Tatar (
Qırımtatarca,
Qırımtatar tili, Къырымтатарджа, Къырымтатар тили), also called
Crimean Turkish or simply
Crimean, is the indigenous language of
Crimea. It is a
Turkic language spoken in Crimea and the
Crimean Tatar diasporas of Uzbekistan, Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as small communities in the United States and Canada. It should not be confused with
Tatar proper, spoken in
Russia; the languages are related but not
mutually intelligible. It is more similar to and somewhat mutually intelligible with
Turkish.