Learn Bashkir

Башҡортса 

Language Facts: 

Speakers:  2 million
Family:   Turkic 
Status:  Official in Bashkortostan in Russia 
Script:  Cyrillic 
 
  • A knowledge of Russian is somewhat a prerequisite to learn Bashkir, as most resources will be in the language. 
  • Bashkir is a Turkic language, so expected features like high aggluninative word construction and vowel harmony are present . 
  •  Nouns have six cases, but no gender or articles. 
  • Verbs are conjugated for person, mood, person, and tense. 
  • Basic word is is Subject-Object-Verb. 
 
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Resources

 

Books: 

Bashkir Language  / Башкирский язык – Russian language book, available on Russian e-commerce site Ozon. 

Bashkir Language Grammar – another, older book, in Russian. Available in Russia on Ozon .

 

 

Youtube: 

Bakshir Lessons / Уроки башкирского – 88 videos, in Russian, to help learn Bashkir.
 

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