Bashkir (Башҡорт теле)

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.

Cyrillic alphabet for Bashkir (башҡорт әлифбаһы)

Bashkir alphabet and pronunciation

The letters in blue are used in Russian loanwords and names.

Latin alphabet for Bashkir (Başḳort latın älifbahı)

Latin alphabet for Bashkir

Information about the pronunciation of Bashkir compiled by Wolfram Siegel
with improvements supplied by 이윤호

Sample text in Bashkir

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