Bashkort

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A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639-3
bak
Alternate Names
Bashkir, Bashqort, Basquort
Autonym
Башҡорт теле‎ (Başqort tele), Башҡортса‎ (Başqortsa)
User 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.

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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.

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