Karaim

KDR

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Turkic Karaite

Dialects: Trakay (Trakai). Reportedly similar to Karachay , and Kumyk ,.

Genealogy:

Altaic
Turkic
Western
Ponto-Caspian

Demographics: 50 in Lithuania (Salminen 2007). Population total all countries: 56. Ethnic population: 270.

Language Development: OT: 1842.

Writing System: Cyrillic, Latin

Nation of Origin: Lithuania

Other Comments: No remaining speakers in Israel. Jewish (Karaite).