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
EthnicityBashkirs
Native speakers
1.2 million (2020 census)[1]
Turkic
Early form
Cyrillic (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
Geographic distribution of Bashkir language in the Russian Empire according to 1897 census
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,[2] US: /bɑːʃˈkɪər/ bahsh-KEER)[3] or Bashkort[4] (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. It is spoken by 1.09 million native speakers in Russia, as well as in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Estonia and other neighboring post-Soviet states, and among the Bashkir diaspora. It has three dialect groups: Southern, Eastern and Northwestern.[1]

  1. ^ a b Bashkir at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Longman, J.C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3 ed.). Pearson Education ESL. ISBN 978-1405881173.
  3. ^ "Bashkir". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.
  4. ^ Moseley, Christopher (2010). "Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". p. 42.