Tags: Ethnic Group.

The Karachays (Karachay-Balkar: къарачайлыла also алан – alan pl. аланла – alanla) are a Turkic speaking people of the North Caucasus region mostly situated in the Russian Karachay-Cherkess Republic.

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language
Russian language, Karachay-Cherkessia, Karachay-Balkar language
population place
Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan
related
Balkars, Turkic peoples, Nogais
religion
Sunni Islam
total population
300000

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