Total population | |
---|---|
1,600+ | |
Israel | ~500[1] |
Ukraine (excluding Crimea) | 481[2][3] |
Crimea | 295[4] |
Poland | 346[5] |
Kazakhstan | 231[6] |
Russia (excluding Crimea) | 215[4] |
Lithuania | 192[7] |
Languages | |
Karaim, Crimean Tatar, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian | |
Religion | |
Karaite Judaism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Krymchaks, Crimean Tatars, Urums, Turkic peoples |
The Crimean Karaites or Krymkaraylar (Crimean Karaim: Кърымкъарайлар, Qrımqaraylar, singular къарай, qaray; Trakai dialect: karajlar, singular karaj; Hebrew: קראי מזרח אירופה; Crimean Tatar: Qaraylar; Yiddish: קרימישע קאַראַיִמער, romanized: krimishe karaimer), also known as Karaims and Qarays, are an ethnicity of Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Central and Eastern Europe, especially in the territory of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crimea. "Karaim" is a Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish and Lithuanian name for the community.
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