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Къарачайлыла | |
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![]() Karachay men in the 19th century | |
Total population | |
c. 250,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 226,271 205,578[1] |
![]() | 20,000[2] |
![]() | 995[citation needed] |
Languages | |
Karachay, Kabardian, Russian, Turkish (diaspora) | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Balkars, Nogais, Kumyks, Circassians, Abazins, North Caucasian peoples |
The Karachays or Karachai (Karachay-Balkar: Къарачайлыла, romanized: Qaraçaylıla or таулула, romanized: tawlula, lit. 'Mountaineers')[3] are an indigenous[4] 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.[5]