Karachay-Balkar
Sign in to savethumb|Karachay–Balkar-language version of the Quran|Koran Karachay–Balkar (, ), often referred to as the "mountaineer language" (, ) by its speakers, is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, European Russia, as well as by an immigrant population in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. It is divided into two dialects: Karachay-Baksan-Chegem, which pronounces two phonemes as and and Malkar, which pronounces the corresponding phonemes as and . The modern Karachay–Balkar written language is based on the Karachay–Baksan–Chegem dialect. The
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Karachay–Balkar is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars, two ethnic groups living in the Caucasus Mountains region of southern Russia, as well as by immigrant communities in Turkey. The language is divided into two main dialects and is sometimes called the "mountaineer language" by its speakers, reflecting its origins in the mountain communities where it developed.
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Key facts
- Language.name
- Karachay–Balkar
- Language.image
- Karachay-Balkar.png
- Language.states
- North Caucasus
- Language.region
- Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia, Turkey
- Language.ethnicity
- Karachays, Balkars
- Language.speakers
- in Russia
- Language.date
- 2010 census
- Language.familycolor
- Altaic
- Language.fam1
- Turkic
- Language.fam2
- Common Turkic
- Language.fam3
- Kipchak
- Language.script
- CyrillicLatin in diasporaArabic historically
Article
21 sectionsContents
- Phonology
- Orthography
- Cyrillic alphabet
- Notes
- Latin alphabet
- Notes
- Arabic alphabet
- Note
- Comparison chart
- Grammar
- Nominals
- Cases
- Possessive suffixes
- Vocabulary
- Numerals
- Loanwords
- In popular culture
- Sample text
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
thumb|Karachay–Balkar-language version of the Quran|Koran Karachay–Balkar (, ), often referred to as the "mountaineer language" (, ) by its speakers, is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, European Russia, as well as by an immigrant population in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. It is divided into two dialects: Karachay-Baksan-Chegem, which pronounces two phonemes as and and Malkar, which pronounces the corresponding phonemes as and . The modern Karachay–Balkar written language is based on the Karachay–Baksan–Chegem dialect. The language is closely related to Kumyk.
== Phonology == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Vowels |- ! !! Front !! Back |- ! Close | | |- ! Mid | | |- !Open | | |} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Consonants ! !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Uvular !Glottal |- align="center" !Plosive | | | | |() () | |- !Fricative |[] | | | () | | |- align="center" !Affricate | |[] | | | | |- align="center" !Nasal | | | | | | |- align="center" !Liquid | | | | | | |- align="center" !Approximant | | | | | | |} Parentheses indicate allophones, brackets indicate phonemes from loanwords.