Language code: bak

Technical 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

bak

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

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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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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