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The Russian of the Ural region around Yekaterinburg and Perm. Mixes Northern and Central Russian features with contact influence from local Finno-Ugric and Turkic languages.
Bashkir
Also known as: Başqortsa
A Kipchak Turkic language of Bashkortostan in the southern Urals. Closely related to Tatar but with distinct phonology and lexicon shaped by the Bashkir steppe heritage.
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Frequently asked questions
What language is Bashkir?
Bashkir is a dialect of the Bashkir language.
Where is Bashkir spoken?
Bashkir is primarily spoken in Russia.
Which region is Bashkir associated with?
Bashkir is part of the Europe region on DialectAtlas.
Is Bashkir known by other names?
Yes — Bashkir is also referred to as Başqortsa.
Nearby dialects
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The Central Russian dialects of the middle Volga, around Nizhny Novgorod and Vladimir. A transitional zone between the Northern and Southern dialect groups.
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A Permic Uralic language of the Komi Republic in northern European Russia. One of the oldest written Uralic languages, with a literary tradition going back to the 14th-century missionary Stephen of Perm.
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