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BAK ISO 639-3

Bashkort

Башҡорт теле‎ (Başqort tele), Башҡортса‎ (Başqortsa) Autonym

A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Bashkir, Bashqort, Basquort
Autonym
Башҡорт теле‎ (Başqort tele), Башҡортса‎ (Başqortsa)
Population
1,150,000 in Russian Federation (2010 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 1,590,000 (2010 census). Total users in all countries: 1,240,940.
Location:
Bashkortostan republic; Chelyabinsk province, Kurgan province, and Sverdlovsk province; between Volga river and Ural mountains; beyond the Urals.
Language Status
2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in Bashkortostan Republic (1925, Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 1).
Classification
Turkic, Western, Uralian
Dialects
Kuvakan (Mountain Bashkir), Yurmaty (Steppe Bashkir), Burzhan (Western Bashkir). Reportedly similar to Tatar [tat].
Typology
SOV; postpositions; noun head final; no articles; case-marking (6 cases); verb affixes mark person, number; 27 consonants, 9 vowels; non-tonal; stress on final syllable; vowel harmony.
Language Use
Used by all. Neutral attitudes. Also use Tatar [tat].
Language Development
Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2015.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bashkort
Writing
Cyrillic script [Cyrl].
Other Comments
Muslim.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Bashkort
User Population
27,000 in Kazakhstan (Leclerc 2017e).
Location
Aqtobe, Batys Qazaqstan, Qostanay, and Soltustik Qazaqstan regions: scattered.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Bashkort
User Population
8,200 in Tajikistan (2003 J. Leclerc).
Location
Scattered.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Bashkort
User Population
7,900 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b). , based on ethnicity.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Bashkort
User Population
46,500 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Location
Scattered.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Map

Location: Bashkortostan republic; Chelyabinsk province, Kurgan province, and Sverdlovsk province; between Volga river and Ural mountains; beyond the Urals.