Balkars

Balkars ( or аланла, romanized: alanla or таулула, , 'mountaineers') are a Turkic ethnic group in the North Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria.

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Balkars are a Turkic ethnic group living in the North Caucasus region of Russia, where they are one of the main populations of the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Their name, meaning "mountaineers," reflects their historical presence in the Caucasus Mountains.

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Ethnic group.group: Balkars Малкъарлыла
Ethnic group.image: 250px
Ethnic group.image_caption: Balkar elders from Baksan, 1885
Ethnic group.population: 135,000
Ethnic group.pop1: 125,044120,898
Ethnic group.pop2: 3,000 - 4,000
Ethnic group.pop3: 1,000
Ethnic group.pop4: 2,600
Ethnic group.pop5: 1,500
Ethnic group.pop6: 900
Ethnic group.rels: Sunni Islam

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Population: 125044

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Identity
History
Ethnogenesis
Caucasian War
Deportation
Language and literacy
Notable Balkars
See also
Notes
References

Balkars ( or аланла, romanized: alanla or таулула, , 'mountaineers') are a Turkic ethnic group in the North Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Their Karachay-Balkar language is of the Ponto-Caspian subgroup of the Northwestern (Kipchak) group of Turkic languages.