The Bashkir language (self-designation: Bashkort, башҡорт теле (help·info) [bɑʃqort tɪlɪ]) is a Turkic language, and is the language of the Bashkirs. It is co-official with Russian in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Contents

• 1 Speakers
• 2 Alphabet and dialects
• 3 Bibliography
• 4 References
• 5 External links (in Bashkir)

Speakers

Speakers of the Bashkir language mostly live in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan. Many speakers also live in Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Sverdlovsk, Samara and Kurgan Oblasts, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra, Tatarstan and Udmurtia. Minor Bashkir minority groups also live in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.