Karachay-Balkar
The Karachay-Balkar language (Къарачай-Малкъар /Qarachay-Malqar/) is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars. It is divided into two dialects: Karachay which pronounces two phonemes as /tʃ/ and /ʒ/, and Balkar, which pronounces the corresponding phonemes as /ts/ and /z/.
| Karachay-Balkar | |
|---|---|
| Къарачай-Малкъар/Qarachay-Malqar | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia |
| Native speakers | 400,000 (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | krc |
| ISO 639-3 | krc |
Karachay-Balkar Media
Karachay–Balkar-language version of the Koran
Latin capital letter I with bowl
Latin small letter I with bowl
References
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Karachay-Balkar edition. |
