Karachay-Balkar language

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Karachay-Balkar
Къарачай-Малкъар тил
Таулу тил
Native to Russia
Region Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia
Ethnicity Karachays, Balkars
Native speakers 305,364[1]  (2010 census)
Language family
Turkic
  • Kypchak
    • Kypchak–Cuman
      • Karachay-Balkar
Dialects
Karachay
Balkar
Writing system Cyrillic,
Latin
Official status
Official language in  Karachay-Cherkessia
 Kabardino-Balkaria
Language codes
ISO 639-2 krc
ISO 639-3 krc
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The Karachay-Balkar language (Къарачай-Малкъар тил, Qaraçay-Malqar til or Таулу тил, Tawlu til) is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars. It is divided into two dialects: Karachay-Baksan-Chegem which pronounces two phonemes as /tʃ/ and /dʒ/, and Balkar, which pronounces the corresponding phonemes as /ts/ and /z/. The modern Karachay-Balkar written language is based on Karachay-Baksan-Chegem dialect.

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Alphabet [edit]

Modern Karachay-Balkar Cyrillic 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

Karachay-Balkar Latin alphabet based on the Turkish (non official):[2]

A a B b C c Ç ç D d E e F f G g
Ğ ğ H h I ı İ i J j K k L l M m
N n Ñ ñ O o Ö ö P p Q q R r S s
Ş ş T t U u Ü ü V v W w Y y Z z

Language example [edit]

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Karachay-Balkar:

In Cyrillic In Latin Translation
Бютёу адамла эркин болуб эмда сыйлары бла хакълары тенг болуб тууадыла. Алагъа акъыл бла намыс берилгенди эмда бир-бирлерине къарнашлыкъ халда къараргъа керекдиле. Bütöw adamla erkin bolub emda sıyları bla haqları teñ bolub tuwadıla. Alağa aqıl bla namıs berilgendi emda bir-birlerine qarnaşlıq halda qararğa kerekdile. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Numbers (Karachay-Balkar) [edit]

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

Bibliography [edit]

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

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Население Российской Федерации по владению языками" [Population of the Russian Federation by languages used] (XLS) (in Russian). 
  2. ^ Due to the Russian Federal law, only Cyrillic alphabets may have official status in regions of the Russian Federation.

External links [edit]

Karachay-Balkar language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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