Karachay-Balkar
Karachay-Balkar (, ), or Mountain Turkic (, ), is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia, European Russia, as well as by an immigrant population in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. It is divided into two dialects: Karachay-Baksan-Chegem, which pronounces two phonemes as and and Malkar, which pronounces the corresponding phonemes as and . The modern Karachay-Balkar written language is based on the Karachay-Baksan-Chegem dialect. The language is closely related to Kumyk.
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Turkic language
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Karachays
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Balkars
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Kabardino-Balkaria
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Karachay–Cherkessia
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European Russia
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Afyonkarahisar Province
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Turkey
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Kumyk
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Karachay-Balkar
MEDIA
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Karachay-Balkar
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