Bashkir language
Spoken language
Bashkir or Bashkort is a Turkic language belonging to the Kipchak branch. It is co-official with Russian in Bashkortostan. It is spoken by 1.09 million native speakers in Russia, as well as in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Estonia and... Wikipedia
Region: Europe
Language families: Turkic languages, Altaic languages, and Kipchak languages
Early form: Volga Turki
Native speakers: 1.2 million (2020 census)
Native to: Bashkortostan (Russian Federation)
Official language in: Bashkortostan (Russia)
Writing system: Cyrillic (Bashkir alphabet)