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Karaite

Karaite or Qaraite may refer to:Karaite Judaism, a Jewish religious movement that rejects the Talmud Crimean Karaites, an ethnic group derived from Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Eastern Europe Karaim language, a Turkic language of Crimean Karaites. It is often considered an ethnolect or divergent dialect group of the Crimean Tatar language. Constantinopolitan Karaites, an ethnic group derived from Grecophone adherents of Karaite Judaism in and around Constantinople Yevanic language or Karaeo-Greek, a Hellenic language of the Constantinopolitan Karaites. It is considered an ethnolect of Koine Greek.

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Karaite or Qaraite may refer to:

  • Karaite Judaism, a Jewish religious movement that rejects the Talmud
    • Crimean Karaites, an ethnic group derived from Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Eastern Europe
      • Karaim language, a Turkic language of Crimean Karaites. It is often considered an ethnolect or divergent dialect group of the Crimean Tatar language.
    • Constantinopolitan Karaites, an ethnic group derived from Grecophone adherents of Karaite Judaism in and around Constantinople (now Istanbul)
      • Yevanic language or Karaeo-Greek, a Hellenic language of the Constantinopolitan Karaites. It is considered an ethnolect of Koine Greek.
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