Balkars
Balkars (Karachay-Balkar: Малкъарлыла, romanized: Malqarlıla or Таулула, romanized: Tawlula, lit. 'Mountaineers') are a Turkic ethnic group in the North Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Balkar shepherd wearing a traditional Caucasian chokha | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 135,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia | 125,044 120,898 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,798 (2009) |
| Languages | |
| Karachay-Balkar (Balkar dialect), Kabardian, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Karachays, Kumyks, Circassians, North Caucasian peoples | |
Their Karachay-Balkar language is of the Ponto-Caspian subgroup of the Northwestern (Kipchak) group of Turkic languages.
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