Proficiency in indigenous languages in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
The number of residents of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic proficient in the languages of indigenous small-numbered peoples was recorded based on the results of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census. The list of languages is presented in thirty-four rows, starting from Abaza and ending with Soyot, allowing for an assessment of the prevalence of each language in the region. The data reflect the total number of people who reported proficiency in a specific language during the survey, without breakdown by period or subsequent updates
Table of language proficiency of indigenous small-numbered peoples in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic based on the 2020 Census
Set in numbers
The table is a snapshot — 34 series shown across 3 breakdowns. 40 values in total.
“Abaza” leads the table with 26,374, “Kumyk” closes it with 1. The gap between them is 26,374-fold.
All table numbers are series: 34
| Series | Абазины | Долганы | Сойоты |
|---|---|---|---|
| Указанные населением языки | 65 598,00 | 3,00 | 1,00 |
| Абазинский | 26 374,00 | — | — |
| Абхазский | 26,00 | — | — |
| Аварский | 3,00 | — | — |
| Адыгейский | 7,00 | — | — |
| Адыгский | 1,00 | — | — |
| Азербайджанский | 10,00 | — | — |
| Английский | 378,00 | — | — |
| Арабский | 6,00 | 1,00 | — |
| Армянский | 15,00 | — | — |
| Белорусский | 1,00 | — | — |
| Греческий | 1,00 | — | — |
| Грузинский | 3,00 | — | — |
| Даргинский | 7,00 | — | — |
| Кабардино-черкесский | 2 072,00 | — | — |
| Казахский | 1,00 | 1,00 | — |
| Карачаево-балкарский | 228,00 | — | — |
| Киргизский | 1,00 | — | — |
| Кумыкский | 1,00 | — | — |
| Лакский | 2,00 | — | — |
| Немецкий | 48,00 | — | — |
| Ногайский | 80,00 | — | — |
| Осетинский | 7,00 | — | — |
| Русский | 36 221,00 | 1,00 | 1,00 |
| Русский жестовый язык глухих | 39,00 | — | — |
| Таджикский | 1,00 | — | — |
| Татарский | 4,00 | — | — |
| Турецкий | 9,00 | — | — |
| Узбекский | 3,00 | — | — |
| Украинский | 1,00 | — | — |
| Цыганский | 1,00 | — | — |
| Чеченский | 2,00 | — | — |
| Другие языки (не перечисленные выше) | 45,00 | — | — |
| Лица, в переписных листах которых владение языками не указано | 380,00 | — | — |
How to read this table
The table rows list the languages themselves, including both widely spoken languages and rare dialects. Comparing values is useful for assessing linguistic diversity among the republic's population. For example, the figure for the Abaza language is 65598 people, whereas only one speaker was recorded for Soyot. The rows also include Russian and Arabic for comparison with the total number of respondents who answered census questions regarding language affiliation
What is visible in these numbers
Only 41% of the cells carry a value — empty cells are missing in the source publication and are not filled in here.
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Period and application
The data are current as of the 2020 Census and are not subject to regular updates, as they are the result of a one-time large-scale population survey. The information will be useful to ethnographers, linguists, sociologists, and anyone studying the ethnic composition and cultural heritage of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic based on official Rosstat data
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