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Bashkir

Also known as Bashkir language, bashkort

Turkic language spoken in Russia

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Bashkir is a Turkic language spoken primarily in the Bashkortostan region of Russia. It is one of several minority languages in the Russian Federation and represents an important part of the cultural and linguistic diversity of the country's Turkic-speaking populations.

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Encyclopedic overview

Bashkir ( UK: /bæʃˈkɪər/ bash-KEER, US: /bɑːʃˈkɪər/ bahsh-KEER) or Bashkort (Bashkir: башҡорт теле, romanized: başqort tele, [bɑʂˈqʊ̞rt tɪ̞ˈlɪ̞] ) is a Turkic language belonging to the Kipchak branch. It is co-official with Russian in Bashkortostan. It is spoken by approximately 1.6 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.

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