Bashkir dialectal materials in the works of researchers of the 18th and the beginning of the 20th centuries

Abstract: The article studies Bashkir dialect materials in the works of the 18th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. These materials act as comparative materials on Bashkir dialectology. The study of this topic identifies the diversity and richness of the Bashkir language and its dialects. The article analyzes the linguistic features of the works of A. G. Bessonov, V. Katarinsky, M. Bekchurin and others. Phonetic, morphological and lexical features of the texts of monuments of the 18th and the beginning of the 20th centuries are considered in comparison with the data of modern dialects and the literary Bashkir language.