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Karata people
The Karata people are an ethnic group of the Avars.
Language
They speak the Karata language, which belongs to the Andi subgroup of the Avar-Ando-Tsezic group of the Nakh-Dagestan language family. It is closest to the Akhvakh language. The Karata language is divided into two dialects – the Karata one and the Tokida one. Also widespread among the Karata people are the Avar and Russian languages, in places the Chechen language.
Dispersion
In the Akhvakh region of Dagestan, Karata people live in the villages Karata, Anchikh, Tsumali, Archo, Lower Inkhelo, Upper Inkhelo, Mashtada, Ratsitl, Rachabulda and Tukita. In the Botlikh region, they live in the Lower Inkhelo village. In the Khasavyurt region, the Karata people live in the villages Siukh, Tukita, Anchikh-kutan (Anduz, Indira, Gavriil-kutan), Kirpich-Kutan, partly in Kokrek and Mutsalaul.
