Karachay > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Karachay
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Karachay-Balkar; Karachai; Karachayla; Karachaitsy; Karacaylar; Karatschaisch; Qaračay
Spoken in:
Kyrgyzstan, USA, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia
Number of speakers:
108,000 in Russian Federation (2002 census). 156,000 Karachay, 85,000 Balkar. Population total all countries: 113,710
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
302748
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
241038
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
krc
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Turkic
Parent Subgroup:
West Kipchak; Ponto-Caspian; Kumyk-Karachay (pcas)
Child Dialect:
Karachay (krc-kar)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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