Bashkir language

Bashkir
башҡорт теле (башҡортса)
başqort tele (başqortsa)
باشقۇرت تىُلىُ (باشقۇرتسا)
باشقرد تلی (باشقردسا)
Bashkir in Cyrillic, Latin, and Perso-Arabic scripts
Pronunciation[bɑʂˈqʊ̞rt tɪ̞ˈlɪ̞]
Native toBashkortostan, Russia
RegionVolga, Ural
Ethnicity1.57 million Bashkirs[1] (2021 Russian census)
Native speakers
750,000[2] (2020)
Early form
Dialects
  • Southern
  • Eastern
Cyrillic, Latin, Arabic (Bashkir alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 Bashkortostan (Russia)
Regulated byInstitute of history, language and literature of the Ufa Federal research center the RAS
Language codes
ISO 639-1ba
ISO 639-2bak
ISO 639-3bak
Glottologbash1264
Linguasphere44-AAB-bg
Bashkir is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Bashkir (UK: /bæʃˈkɪər/ bash-KEER,[3] US: /bɑːʃˈkɪər/ bahsh-KEER)[4] or Bashkort[5] (Bashkir: башҡорт теле, romanized: başqort tele, [bɑʂˈqʊ̞rt tɪ̞ˈlɪ̞] ) is a Turkic language belonging to the Kipchak branch. It is co-official with Russian in Bashkortostan. Bashkir has approximately 750,000 native speakers.[6] It has two dialect groups: Southern and Eastern. Bashkir has native speakers in Russia, as well as in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Estonia and other neighboring post-Soviet states, and among the Bashkir diaspora.

  1. ^ https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx [bare URL spreadsheet file]
  2. ^ https://celt.indiana.edu/portal/Bashkir/index.html#:~:text=Bashkir%20is%20a%20Turkic%20language,has%20approximately%20750%2C000%20native%20speakers. [bare URL]
  3. ^ Longman, J.C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3 ed.). Pearson Education ESL. ISBN 978-1405881173.
  4. ^ "Bashkir". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.
  5. ^ Moseley, Christopher (2010). "Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". p. 42.
  6. ^ "Bashkir". Center for Language Technology. Retrieved 10 March 2025. Bashkir has approximately 750,000 native speakers.

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