Balkars
Balkar elders from Baksan, 1885 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 135,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia | 125,044 120,898 |
| United States | 3,000 - 4,000 |
| Turkey | 1,000 |
| Kazakhstan | 2,600 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1,500 |
| Uzbekistan | 900 |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Balkars (Karachay-Balkar: малкъарлыла, romanized: malqarlıla or аланла, romanized: alanla or таулула, romanized: tawlula, lit. '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.