⁂ They are numerous in the Crimæa, but a few communities of them are to be found in Poland, Galicia, and at Constantinople. The Karaites use Hebrew, but also the dialect of the country where they dwell; thus in the Crimæa it may be Tatar, but at Wilna it is Polish. R. P. S.

Kara-Kalpac.

Turkish: spoken by a Tatar tribe of Khiva, called “Black Caps.” H. C.

Kara-Kirghis.

Alatyan: Tatar dialect of Siberia, spoken by the black Kirghis. H. C.

Karass.

Ugrian dialect of Samoied, spoken on the Caspian Sea and by Nogais in Taurica.

Karatshai, Karachai.

Dialect of TURKISH, spoken in the Caucasus.

⁂ It is like Crim-Tatar, and is spoken on the Black River. H. C.