Alternate Names: Beslenei, East Circassian, Kabard, Kabardino-Cherkes, Kabardo-Cherkess, Upper Circassian
Dialects: Baksan, Beslenei (Beslenej), Cherkes, Greater Kabardian, Kuban, Lesser Kabardian, Malka, Mozdok. Reportedly similar to Adygey ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 516,000 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Population total all countries: 1,628,500. 36,700 monolinguals (2002 census). Ethnic population: 590,000 (2010 census).
Language Development: Taught in primary and secondary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1993–2007.
Writing System: Cyrillic
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation
Other Comments: Muslim (Sunni).