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Karachay-Balkar | |
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Къарачай-Малкъар/Qarachay-Malqar | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia |
Native speakers | 400,000 |
Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | krc |
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/.
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