The 'Karachay-Balkar language' (Къарачай-Малкъар /Qarachay-Malqar/) 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 .
Bibliography
★ Chodiyor Doniyorov and Saodat Doniyorova. ''Parlons Karatchay-Balkar''. Paris: Harmattan, 2005. ISBN 2-7475-9577-3.
External links
★ http://salpagarov.narod.ru some information on the Karachay-Balkar language and people (in
Russian and Karachay-Balkar)