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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)
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/.

Contents

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. ^ "[1] Ethnologue"

External links

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Simple English

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. See IPA chart for English for an English-​based pronunciation key.

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/.

References

  1. ↑ "[1] Ethnologue"
This language has its own Wikipedia Project.
See the Karachay-Balkar language edition
krc:Къарачай-малкъар тил


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