| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal | |
| stop | pʰ, b | tʰ, d | kʰ, g | q | |||||
| trill | r | ||||||||
| fricative | θ, ð | s | ʃ | x | ʁ | h | |||
| nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||||
| approximant | w | j | |||||||
| lateral approximant | l |
| front | central | back | |
| close | i | ʉ | u |
| close-mid | ø̈ | ɵ | ɤ |
| mid | ə | ||
| near-open | æ | ||
| open | ɑ |
CV(C)(C)
Source: Poppe, Nicholas. 1964. Bashkir manual: Descriptive grammar and texts with a Bashkir-English glossary. Indiana University publications, Uralic and Altaic series 36. Bloomington: Indiana University.
Comments: Vowel-initial syllables obligatorily acquire a glottal stop as onset. /f, v, ts, z, tʃ, ʒ, e, ɔ/ are found only in borrowings. Glottal stop has phonemic value only in borrowings from Arabic. The interpretation of the vowels inventory is preliminary.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)