Kabarday
Sign in to savethumb|The percentage of the Circassian population in every district in Kabardino-Balkaria Republic thumb|Yinal speaking Adyghe and Kabardian. thumb|right|Kabardian dancers in traditional dress thumb|right|Kabardian men in traditional dress The Kabardians (Kabardian: Къэбэрдей адыгэхэр; Adyghe: Къэбэртай адыгэхэр; ) or Kabardinians are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. They are also commonly known by the plural terms Kabardin, Kebertei, or Kabarday. Along with the Besleney tribe, they speak a distinctive dialec
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The Kabardians (also known as Kabarday) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, traditionally inhabiting the Kabardino-Balkaria region and represented on the Circassian flag. They are significant to Circassian cultural and ethnic identity, and along with the Besleney tribe, they speak a distinctive dialect of the Kabardian language.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Kabardians
- Ethnic group.image
- Circassian flag.svg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Circassian Flag
- Ethnic group.population
- ~1,628,500 Kabardian dialect speakers
- Ethnic group.pop1
- More than 1,000,000
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 523,404 (2021 census)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 502,615
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 13,496
- Ethnic group.rels
- Predominantly Sunni IslamMinority Russian Orthodox Church and Catholic Church
- Ethnic group.langs
- Kabardian, Russian, Turkish, Arabic
- Ethnic group.related
- Other Circassian tribes, Abkhazians, Abazins
- Ethnic group.native_name
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Population
- Religion
- Notable Kabardians
- See also
- References
thumb|The percentage of the Circassian population in every district in Kabardino-Balkaria Republic thumb|Yinal speaking Adyghe and Kabardian. thumb|right|Kabardian dancers in traditional dress thumb|right|Kabardian men in traditional dress The Kabardians (Kabardian: Къэбэрдей адыгэхэр; Adyghe: Къэбэртай адыгэхэр; ) or Kabardinians are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. They are also commonly known by the plural terms Kabardin, Kebertei, or Kabarday. Along with the Besleney tribe, they speak a distinctive dialect of Circassian. Historically the Kabardians lived in Kabardia, a region of the north Caucasus. In modern times the Kabardians live mostly in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, which partly corresponds to the historic region.
Despite the Soviet administrative divisions that placed Circassians under four different designations and political units, namely Adygeans (Circassians in Adygea), Cherkessians (Circassians in Karachay-Cherkessia), Kabardians (Circassians in Kabardino-Balkaria), and Shapsugs (Circassians in Krasnodar Krai), all four groups are essentially the same people (Circassians). Furthermore, Cherkessians are mostly of the Kabardian and Besleney tribes.