Abstract:Bashkir is a language of the Volga-Kipchak branch of the Turkic language family, spoken by approximately 1.2 million ethnic Bashkirs primarily in the autonomous Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Minimal research has been conducted on Bashkir in English, and what research has been conducted in either Russian or English focuses on the morphophonemics, syntax, and semantics of the language: acoustic investigation of Bashkir, meanwhile, is nearly nonexistent. This study is a preliminary examination of the phoneti… Show more
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