Qaratay
Sign in to saveQaratays, also known as Karatais, Karatays (Russian: Каратаи, Karatay; Tatar: Каратайлар, Qarataylar; Moksha: каратайхть, karatajiť), are a Mordvinian ethnic group in Kamsko-Ustyinsky District, Tatarstan around the village of Mordovsky Karatay. They speak a variety of the Tatar language complemented by Moksha words, which is sometimes considered as a Qaratay dialect of the Kazan Tatar language. They number about 100.
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Qaratays, also known as Karatais, Karatays (Russian: Каратаи, Karatay; Tatar: Каратайлар, Qarataylar; Moksha: каратайхть, karatajiť), are a Mordvinian ethnic group in Kamsko-Ustyinsky District, Tatarstan around the village of Mordovsky Karatay. They speak a variety of the Tatar language complemented by Moksha words, which is sometimes considered as a Qaratay dialect of the Kazan Tatar language. They number about 100.
Once they lived in three villages, but one of them was submerged by Kuybyshev Reservoir. Another one was re-settled as "unprospective" during the 1950s. The village of Mordovsky Karatay became the last Qaratay village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qaratay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.