Crimean Karaites

Crimean Karaites
къарайлар, karajlar
	Karaite men in traditional garb, Crimea, 19th century.
Total population
	1,600+
Israel	~500
Ukraine (excluding Crimea)	481
Crimea	295
Poland	346
Kazakhstan	231
Russia (excluding Crimea)	215
Lithuania	192
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.

^ Kizilov, M. (2008). The Karaites of Galicia : an ethnoreligious minority among the Ashkenazim, the Turks, and the Slavs, 1772-1945. Brill. ISBN 978-90-47-44288-2.
^ 1,196 Karaites in the Ukraine as a whole (including the Crimea) Распределение населения по национальности и родному языку УКРАИНА Distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue, Ukraine (Russian language version)
^ Population in Autonomous Republic of the Crimea = 671, population in Sevastopol city council area = 44. 671+44 = 715. Распределение населения по национальности и родному языку, Автономная Республика Крым (Distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue, Autonomous Republic of the Crimea )
Распределение населения по национальности и родному языку, Г.Севастополь (горсовет) (Distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue, Sevastopol city council)
^ ^a ^b "Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации согласно переписи населения 2021 года". Retrieved 2023-01-03.
^ Ludność. Stan i struktura demograficzno-społeczna.Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011.
^ "UNdata | record view | Population by national and/or ethnic group, sex and urban/rural residence". data.un.org. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Gyventojų ir būstų surašymai - Oficialiosios statistikos portalas". osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[1] Kizilov, M. (2008). The Karaites of Galicia : an ethnoreligious minority among the Ashkenazim, the Turks, and the Slavs, 1772-1945. Brill. ISBN 978-90-47-44288-2.

[ukrcensus_all_Ukraine-2] 1,196 Karaites in the Ukraine as a whole (including the Crimea) Распределение населения по национальности и родному языку УКРАИНА Distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue, Ukraine (Russian language version)

[ukrcensus_Crimea-3] Population in Autonomous Republic of the Crimea = 671, population in Sevastopol city council area = 44. 671+44 = 715. Распределение населения по национальности и родному языку, Автономная Республика Крым (Distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue, Autonomous Republic of the Crimea )
Распределение населения по национальности и родному языку, Г.Севастополь (горсовет) (Distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue, Sevastopol city council)

[auto-4] "Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации согласно переписи населения 2021 года". Retrieved 2023-01-03.

[5] Ludność. Stan i struktura demograficzno-społeczna.Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011.

[6] "UNdata | record view | Population by national and/or ethnic group, sex and urban/rural residence". data.un.org. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[auto1-7] "Gyventojų ir būstų surašymai - Oficialiosios statistikos portalas". osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

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