bakTechnical information about ISO 639 language code bak
The table below provides technical details for the Bashkir language, designated by the bak code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Bashkir Native Башҡорт теле |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | SouthernEasternNorthwestern |
| Related languages | TatarKazakhKyrgyz |
| Key facts | Belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic language familyWritten Bashkir uses a 42-letter Cyrillic alphabet with special characters like ә, ө, ү and ңDisplays strong vowel harmony and agglutinative morphology typical of Turkic languagesEarliest recorded Bashkir texts date back to the 17th century, mainly in Arabic scriptA Latin alphabet was used between 1928 and 1939 before the current Cyrillic script was adopted |
| Sample phrase | Сәләм, хәлдәр нисек? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Bashkir language, identified by the code bak, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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