Wiki Languages: Karachay-Balkar language (Къарачай-Малкъар (Qarachay-Malqar))
Updated: 17-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
Language: Karachay-Balkar (Karachay-Balkar language) | Local name: Къарачай-Малкъар (Qarachay-Malqar) |
Language code: krc | Display language: Simple English (simple)|
Speak area: Russia | Classification: Turkic |
Country: Russia | Second language: |
Usage: regional | Wiki language for Karachay-Balkar language |
Dictionary for Karachay-Balkar (Къарачай-Малкъар (Qarachay-Malqar)) in Simple English
English | Karachay-Balkar |
Къарачай-Малкъар (Qarachay-Malqar) | Simple English |
Karachay-Balkar | |
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Къарачай-Малкъар/Qarachay-Malqar | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia |
Native speakers | 400,000 |
Language family | Altaic[1] (controversial)
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Writing system | Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 |
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ISO 639-3 | krc |
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/.
References
- ↑"[1] Ethnologue"