Karachay-Balkar language

Karachay-Balkar
	Къарачай-Малкъар тил; Таулу тил
Spoken in	Russia
Region	Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia
Ethnicity	Karachays, Balkars
Native speakers	305,364 (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
Regulated by	No official regulation
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.

[edit] Alphabet

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

[edit] Language example

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.

[edit] Numbers (Karachay-Balkar)

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)

[edit] Bibliography

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

[edit] References

^ Информационные материалы об окончательных итогах Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года
^ Due to the Russian Federal law, only Cyrillic alphabets may have official status in regions of the Russian Federation.

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[0] Информационные материалы об окончательных итогах Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года

[1] Due to the Russian Federal law, only Cyrillic alphabets may have official status in regions of the Russian Federation.

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Karachay-Balkar language

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[edit] Alphabet

[edit] Language example

[edit] Numbers (Karachay-Balkar)

[edit] Bibliography

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