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Karachays
Къарачайлыла
Karachay men in the 19th century
Total population
245,000
Regions with significant populations
Russia
Karachay-Cherkessia
226,271 205,578[1]
Turkey
20,000[2]
Kazakhstan
995[citation needed]
Languages
Karachay, Kabardian, Russian, Turkish (diaspora)
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Balkars, Nogais, Kumyks, Circassians, Abazins North Caucasian Peoples
The Karachays or Karachai (Karachay-Balkar: Къарачайлыла, romanized: Qaraçaylıla or таулула, romanized:tawlula, lit. 'Mountaineers')[3] are an indigenous[4] North Caucasian-Turkic ethnic group native to the North Caucasus. They are primarily located in their ancestral lands in Karachay–Cherkess Republic, a republic of Russia in the North Caucasus. They have a common origin, culture, and language with the Balkars.[5]
^"Russian Census of 2021". (in Russian)
^– Malkar Türkleri Archived October 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^Peter B. Golden (2010). Turks and Khazars: Origins, Institutions, and Interactions in Pre-Mongol Eurasia. p. 33.
^Szczśniak, Andrew L. (1963). "A Brief Index of Indigenous Peoples and Languages of Asiatic Russia". Anthropological Linguistics. 5 (6): 1–29. ISSN 0003-5483. JSTOR 30022425.
^"КАРАЧАЕВЦЫ • Большая российская энциклопедия – электронная версия". old.bigenc.ru. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
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