Bashkir language
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| Bashkir language | |
|---|---|
| Башҡорт теле Bašqort tele | |
| Native to | Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan |
| Native speakers | more than 1,400,000 (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Bashkortostan |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ba |
| ISO 639-2 | bak |
| ISO 639-3 | bak |
The Bashkir language (Original name: 
башҡорт теле (info • help) [bɑʃqɵrt tɨiɨ]) is a Turkic language. Speakers of the Bashkir language mostly live in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan. A large number of speakers also live in Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Perm Krai, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Sverdlovsk, and Kurgan Oblasts.
Alphabet [change]
The alphabet of the Bashkir language has 42 letters. 33 letters of the Bashkir alphabet are the same as in Russian, and there are 9 more letters for special Bashkir sounds.
