BASHKIR (Russia, Asia)
- Country
- Russia, Asia
- Language code
- BXK
- Continent
- Asia
- Alternate language names
- BASQUORT
- Dialect names
- KUVAKAN (MOUNTAIN BASHKIR), YURMA- TY (STEPPE BASHKIR),
BURZHAN (WESTERN BASHKIR)
- Genetic affiliation
- Altaic, Turkic, Western, Uralian
- Geographical region
- Baskir ASSR, between the Volga River and Ural Mountains,
and beyond the Urals
- Population
- 1,000,000 mother tongue speakers (67%) out of an ethnic
population of 1,371,000 (1979 census). 370,000 ethnic Bashkir speak Tatar
as mother tongue
- Bilingual in
- Tatar
- Printings of whole books of Bible
- 1899-1902
- Remarks
- It has literary status based on the Kuvakan dialect.
Cyrillic script. Close to Tatar
- Subsistence type
- Oil workers, agriculturalists
- Religion
- Sunni Muslim
- Total speakers
- 1,000,000
CHULYM (Russia, Asia)
- Country
- Russia, Asia
- Language code
- CHU
- Continent
- Asia
- Alternate language names
- CHULYM-TURKISH, CHULIM, MELETS TATAR, CHULYM TATAR
- Dialect names
- LOWER CHULYM, MIDDLE CHULYM
- Genetic affiliation
- Altaic, Turkic, Western, Uralian
- Geographical region
- Basin of the Chulym River north of the Altay Mts., a
tributary of the Ob River
- Bilingual in
- Russian
- Status
- Needs survey
- Remarks
- Closely related to Shor; some consider them one language.
The government considers them separate. Spoken in villages. Also spoken
by the Kacik (Kazik, Kuarik). Russian is the second language
CHUVASH (Russia, Europe)
- Country
- Russia, Europe
- Language code
- CJU
- Continent
- Europe
- Alternate language names
- BULGAR
- Dialect names
- ANATRI, VIRYAL
- Genetic affiliation
- Altaic, Turkic, Bolgar
- Geographical region
- Chuvasia, east of Moscow, near the Volga River
- Population
- 1,640,000 mother tongue speakers (82%) out of an ethnic
population of 2,000,000 (1991 WA)
- Bilingual in
- Russian
- New Testament printings
- 1904-1911
- Printings of whole books of Bible
- 1820-1988
- Status
- Work in progress
- Remarks
- Has status of literary language. Cyril- lic script. The
only extant language in the Bolgar branch of Turkic
- Subsistence type
- Agriculturalists
- Total speakers
- 1,640,000
- Religion
- Christian: Russian Orthodox; traditio- nal religion
TATAR (Russia, Europe)
- Country
- Russia, Europe
- Language code
- TTR
- Continent
- Europe
- Alternate language names
- TARTAR
- Dialect names
- KAZAN TATAR, MISHER, TURA, BARABA, TOM, TYUMEN, ISHIM,
YALUTOROV, IRTYSH, TOBOL, TARA, ASTRAKHAN TATAR, KASIMOV-TATAR, TEPTYAR,
URALIAN TATAR
- Genetic affiliation
- Altaic, Turkic, Western, Uralian
- Geographical region
- Tatarstan, from Moscow to eastern Siberia. Capital is
Kazan, on the Volga River. Also in Turkey and Finland
- Population
- 5,715,000 speakers (86%) out of an ethnic group of 6,645,588
in Russia (1989 census), including 6,017,000 ethnic Tatar, of whom 86%
speak Tatar as mother tongue, and an additional 370,000 Bashkir who speak
it as mother tongue; 7,000 to 10,000 in New York City and San Francisco,
USA; 1,000 in China (1990); 350 in Afghanistan; 7,000,000 total (1991 WA)
- New Testament printings
- in press (1989)
- Printings of whole books of Bible
- 1864-1986
- Remarks
- Has literary status, based on Kazan dialect. Cyrillic
script. High literacy rate. Distinct from Crimean Tatar (Crimean Turkish).
Baraba may be a distinct language
- Subsistence type
- Agriculturalists, oil workers, coal miners
- Total speakers
- 7,000,000
- Religion
- Sunni Muslim, some Christians
- Also in
- Turkey, China, USA, Afghanistan, Finland
