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LingoBear creates short Bashkir passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Kipchak Turkic language, 42-letter Cyrillic alphabet, official in the Republic of Bashkortostan, ~1.4M speakers in the Volga–Ural region.

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What is Bashkir and where is it spoken?

Bashkir (башҡорт теле, başqort tele) is a Kipchak Turkic language closely related to Tatar, with about 1.4 million speakers concentrated in the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia. It uses a Cyrillic alphabet of 42 letters, adding ҙ, ҫ, ҡ, ғ, ң, ө and ү to handle Bashkir-specific sounds like the interdental ҙ /ð/ and ҫ /θ/.

How does Bashkir differ from Tatar?

Bashkir and Tatar are mutually intelligible to a high degree, but Bashkir has distinct phonology — notably its interdental fricatives ҙ and ҫ where Tatar uses з and с — and a stronger Kipchak vowel harmony. LingoBear lets you compare them by generating texts in either.