Karachay-Balkar language

The Karachay-Balkar language () is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars. It is divided into two dialects: Karachay which pronounces two phonemes as and , and Balkar, which pronounces the corresponding phonemes as and .

Alphabet

Modern Karachay-Balkar alphabet (Cyrillic):



Karachay-Balkar alphabet (Latin):

Examples

Numbers (Karachay-Balkar)

Bibliography

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

References

External links

• 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)
• Cyrillic script

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