Bashkir language
Bashkir (UK: /bæʃˈkɪər/, US: /bɑːʃˈkɪər/; Bashkir: Башҡорт теле, romanized: Bashqort tele, [bɑʂ'qʊ̞ɾt 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.
| Bashkir | |
|---|---|
| башҡорт теле (башҡортса) bashqort tele (bashqortsa) باشقۇرت تئلئ • باشقرد تلی | |
Bashkir in Cyrillic, Latin, and Perso-Arabic scripts | |
| Pronunciation | [bɑʂ'qʊ̞ɾt tɪ̞ˈlɪ̞] ⓘ |
| Native to | Bashkortostan (Russian Federation) |
| Region | Volga, Ural region |
| Ethnicity | Bashkirs |
Native speakers | 1.2 million (2020 census) |
Turkic
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Early form | |
| Cyrillic (Bashkir alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Bashkortostan (Russia) |
| Regulated by | Institute of history, language and literature of the Ufa Federal research center the RAS |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ba |
| ISO 639-2 | bak |
| ISO 639-3 | bak |
| Glottolog | bash1264 |
| Linguasphere | 44-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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