The Bashkir language (Башҡорт теле başqort tele باشقۇرت تئلئ, pronounced [ˈbaʂqʊrt teˈle] (
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Speakers of Bashkir mostly live in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan. Many speakers also live in Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Sverdlovsk, Samara and Kurgan Oblasts, Khanty–Mansia, Tatarstan, and Udmurtia. Minor Bashkir minority groups also live in Kazakhstan.
