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Karachay-Balkar
Къарачай-Малкъар/Qarachay-Malqar
Spoken in	Russia
Region	Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia
Total speakers	400,000
Language family	Altaic^[1] (controversial) Turkic Kypchak Kypchak-Cuman Karachay-Balkar
Writing system	Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	`krc`
ISO 639-3	`krc`
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

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/.

1 Alphabet
2 Bibliography
3 Examples
4 Dialects
5 Numbers
6 References
7 External links

Alphabet

Modern Karachay-Balkar alphabet

А а	Б б	В в	Г г	Гъ гъ	Д д	Дж дж	Е е
Ё ё	Ж ж	З з	И и	Й й	К к	Къ къ	Л л
М м	Н н	Нг нг	О о	П п	Р р	С с	Т т
У у	Ў ў	Ф ф	Х х	Ц ц	Ч ч	Ш ш	Щ щ
ъ	Ы ы	ь	Э э	Ю ю	Я я

Bibliography

Chodiyor Doniyorov and Saodat Doniyorova. Parlons Karatchay-Balkar. Paris: Harmattan, 2005. ISBN 2-7475-9577-3.

Examples

Hello! ... Кюнюгюз ашхы болсун! ... Künügüz aşhı bolsun!

How are you? ... Къалайса? ... Qalaysa?

What is your name? ... Атынг къалайды сени? ... Atıng qalaydı seni?

How old are you? ... Ненча джыл болду сеннге? ... Nença cıl boldu sennge?

Sorry! ... Кечериксиз! ... Keçeriksiz!

The boy broke a bottle. ... Джашчыкъ шишаны сындырды. ... Caşçıq şişanı sındırdı!

Dialects

Karachay-Balkar
- West Karachay-Balkar
  - Rachanq-Iqar
  - Olonuk
- Central Karachay-Balkar
  - Mikasan
  - Mukaq
- Eastern Karachay-Balkar
  - Nasqa
  - Ashi
Ogul
- North Karachay-Balkar
  - Naqualid
  - Unqar (1922 until 1991 Soviet language)

Numbers

0.ноль(nol) 1.бир(bir) 2.эки(eki) 3.юч(üç) 4.тёрт(tört) 5.беш(beş) 6.алты(altı) 7.джети(jeti) 8.сегиз(segiz) 9.тогьуз(toğuz) 10.он(on)

References

^ "[1] Ethnologue"

External links

Karachay-Balkar language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://salpagarov.narod.ru some information on the Karachay-Balkar language and people (in Russian and Karachay-Balkar)
http://kcr.narod.ru/dictionary/kkrs.htm small wordlist (in russian)
Appendix:Cyrillic script

Altaic languages

Turkic · Mongolic · Tungusic · Korean¹ · Japonic¹

¹ Not always recognized as Altaic languages. See also Buyeo languages.

Turkic languages

Italics indicate extinct languages

Oghur	Bulgar · Chuvash · Hunnic · Khazar · Turkic Avar

Uyghuric	Old Turkic · Aini¹ · Chagatai · Ili Turki · Lop · Uyghur · Uzbek

Kypchak	Altay · Baraba · Bashkir · Crimean Tatar² · Cuman · Ferghana Kypchak · Karachay-Balkar · Karaim · Karakalpak · Kazakh · Kipchak · Krymchak · Kumyk · Kyrgyz · Nogai · Old Tatar · Tatar · Urum²

Oghuz	Afshar · Azerbaijani · Crimean Tatar · Gagauz · Balkan Gagauz Turkish · Khorasani Turkic · Ottoman Turkish · Pecheneg ³ · Qashqai · Salar · Turkish · Turkmen · Urum

Arghu	Khalaj

Siberian	Chulym · Dolgan · Fuyü Gïrgïs · Khakas · Shor · Tofa · Tuvan · Western Yugur · Sakha/Yakut

¹ Mixed language. ² Also Oghuz. ³ Disputed.