Bashkir is a member of the Kypchak-Bolgar group of the Turkic languages. It is spoken by about 1.5 million people mainly in the Republic of Bashkortostan, in other parts of the Russian Federation, including Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Perm, Kurgan, Samara, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen regions, and also in Tatarstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan.
Bashkir first appeared in writing in a Runic alphabet during the 9th century AD. It was written with the Arabic alphabet between the 10th century and 1928, when it was replaced by the Latin alphabet, which itself was replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet in 1940.
The letters in blue are used in Russian loanwords and names.
Information about the pronunciation of Bashkir compiled by Wolfram Siegel with improvements supplied by 이윤호
Ағиҙелкәй ҡайҙа? Ай, туғайҙа.
Ағиҙелкәй һымаҡ һыу ҡайҙа?
Ағым һыу, Ағиҙел буйҙары.
Ағиҙелкәй һыуҙың, ай, буйҙары,
Йәмле сағы уның яҙғы айҙа.
Ағым һыу, Ағиҙел буйҙары.
Part of a folk song from: http://yir.atspace.com/agidel.htm
Information about the Bashkir language
http://members.lycos.nl/bashkort/tele/bashlaung.htm
http://www.peoples.org.ru/eng_bashkir.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkir_language
Bashkir folk songs
http://yir.atspace.com
Altay, Äynu, Azerbaijani, Balkar, Bashkir, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Even, Evenki, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazak, Khakas, Krymchak, Kumyk, Kyrgyz, Nanai, Nogai, Old Turkic, Salar, Shor, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yakut
Other languages written with the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets