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Karachays
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Къарачайлыла | |
|---|---|
 Karachay men in the 19th century | |
| Total population | |
| c. 250,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia
| 226,271 205,578[1] |
 Turkey | 20,000[2] |
| Languages | |
| Karachay-Balkar, Russian, Turkish (diaspora) | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Balkars, Nogais, Kumyks, 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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