Karachays
The Karachays or Karachai (Karachay-Balkar: Къарачайлыла, romanized: Qaraçaylıla or таулула, romanized: tawlula, lit. 'Mountaineers') are an indigenous North Caucasian-Turkic ethnic group native to the North Caucasus. They are primarily located in their ancestral lands in Karachay–Cherkess Republic, a republic of Russia in the North Caucasus. They have a common origin, culture, and language with the Balkars.
Къарачайлыла | |
|---|---|
Karachay men in the 19th century | |
| Total population | |
| 245,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia | 226,271 205,578 |
| Turkey | 20,000 |
| Kazakhstan | 995 |
| Languages | |
| Karachay, Kabardian, Russian, Turkish (diaspora) | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Balkars, Nogais, Kumyks, Circassians, Abazins North Caucasian Peoples | |
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