diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a1ff18c..12fe6554 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The espeak-ng project is a fork of the espeak project.
 ### 1.51 (In Development)
 
 updated languages:
-
+*  ba (Bashkir) -- boracasli98, Valdis Vitolins
 *  chr (Cherokee) -- Michael Conrad
 *  de (German) -- Karl Eick
 *  el (Modern Greek) -- Reece Dunn (support for variant Greek letter forms)
diff --git a/dictsource/ba_list b/dictsource/ba_list
index 5c06896b..7a7d0b4a 100644
--- a/dictsource/ba_list
+++ b/dictsource/ba_list
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@
 // Spelling-to-phoneme rules for Bashkir
 
 // Letters
+а	A:
 б	be
 в	we
 г	ge
+ғ	Q"e
 д	de
+ҙ	De
 е	je
 ё	jo
 ж	Ze
-җ	Z;e
 з	ze
 и	i
 й	kVsk,A'i
 к	kA
+ҡ	qA
 л	el
 м	em
 н	en
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@
 п	pe
 р	er
 с	es
+ҫ	eT
 т	te
 у	u
 ү	y
@@ -36,47 +40,7 @@
 ъ	kAlVnl,Vqbilges'e
 ы	V:
 ь	neS;k&l,ekbilges'e
-э	e|:
+э	I|:
+ә	&:
 ю	ju
 я	jA
-
-
-// Numbers
-_0	n'ul?
-_1	b'er
-_2	ik'e 
-_3	'WS;
-_4	d'yrt
-_5	b'iS
-_6	Alt'V
-_7	Z;id'e
-_8	sig'ez
-_9	tug'Vz
-_10	'un
-_11	unb'er
-_12	unik'e 
-_13	un'WS;
-_14	und'yrt
-_15	unb'iS
-_16	unAlt'V
-_17	unZ;id'e
-_18	unsig'ez
-_19	untug'Vz
-_2X	egerm'e
-_3X	ut'Vz
-_4X	kVr'Vk
-_5X	ill'e
-_6X	Altm'VS
-_7X	Z;itm'eS
-_8X	siks'&n
-_9X	tuks'An
-_0C	j'Wz
-_0M1	m'eN
-_0M2	milli'on
-_1M2	milli'on
-_0M3	milli'Ard
-_1M3	milli'Ard
-_0M4	billi'on
-_1M4	billi'on
-
-_dpt	_bWt,en
diff --git a/dictsource/ba_rules b/dictsource/ba_rules
index 12275c33..9449e778 100644
--- a/dictsource/ba_rules
+++ b/dictsource/ba_rules
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 .group ә
         ә        &
-        әе       e:  // 'әнкәен'
 
 .group б
         б        b
@@ -17,9 +16,15 @@
 .group г
         г        g  // changes to [Q] or [Q"]
 
+.group ғ
+        ғ        Q"
+
 .group д
         д        d
 
+.group ҙ
+        ҙ        D
+
 .group е
      _) е        je2  // changes to [je] or [jV]
         е        e
@@ -47,6 +52,9 @@
 .group к
         к        k
 
+.group ҡ
+        ҡ        q
+
 .group л
         л        l
 
@@ -77,6 +85,9 @@
 .group с
         с        s
 
+.group ҫ
+        ҫ        T
+
 .group т
         т        t
 
diff --git a/tests/language-pronunciation.test b/tests/language-pronunciation.test
index 9ae4ffe0..989d80cf 100755
--- a/tests/language-pronunciation.test
+++ b/tests/language-pronunciation.test
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ test_phonemes as "Beng" "X'@kOl,o m'anuh,e S'ad#in,Ob#aw,Oe X'@man m'O*&d,a 'a*u
 X'ihO~t,Or b'ibek 'a*u b'udd#i 'atS#e 'a*u X'ihO~t,e p'OrOXp,Or b#atr'itbO*,e 'atSOr,On k'o*ib l'age" "সকলো মানুহে স্বাধীনভাৱে সমান মৰ্যদা আৰু অধিকাৰে জন্মগ্ৰহণ কৰে । সিহঁতৰ বিবেক আৰু বুদ্ধি আছে আৰু সিহঁতে পৰস্পৰ ভাতৃত্বৰে আচৰণ কৰিব লাগে ।"
 test_phonemes az "Latn" "byts'yn insanL'aR l&jag'&t v& hygugLa*@n'a J'W*& az'ad b&*ab'&R do:uLuRL'aR
 ona*'@n Syu*aLR'@ v& vidZdanLa*'@ v'aR v& b'iRbiRl&*'in& mynasib'&td& gaRdaSL'@x Runhund'a davRanmaL@d@RL'aR" "Bütün insanlar ləyaqət və hüquqlarına görə azad bərabər doğulurlar. Onarın şüuralrı və vicdanları var və bir-birlərinə münasibətdə qardaşlıq runhunda davranmalıdırlar."
+test_phonemes ba "Cyrl" "m'in h'in 'uL b'eD h'eD 'uLAr b'VL t'eQe" "мин һин ул беҙ һеҙ улар был теге."
 test_phonemes bg "Cyrl" "'ax tS'udna b@Lg'arska z'em;o
 pol'uSvaj ts@ft;'aSti: Z'ita" "Ах чудна българска земьо, полюшвай цъфтящи жита."
 test_phonemes bn "Beng" "m'alOS,ij 'Obojd#,O Sr'omik,Oder b'i*udd#,e tS'OlOm,an_:_: m'egat#r'i_:_: 'ob#idZ,ane Se d'eSe S'Oto S'Oto 'ob#ib,aSik,e 'at.Ok k'O*etS#,e Se d'eSer 'imigr,eSOn p'uliS