Kabarday
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A Kabardian man in regular (non-traditional) wear.
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (~1,628,500 Kabardian dialect speakers only) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia
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590,010 (2010 census) |
 Kabardino-Balkaria
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498,702 |
 Karachay-Cherkessia
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56,466 |
 Turkey
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More than 1,000,000 |
 Jordan
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102,000 |
 Syria
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43,000 |
 Saudi Arabia
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23,000 |
 Germany
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15,000 |
 United States
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5,500 |
 Uzbekistan
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1,300 |
 Ukraine
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473 |
| Languages | |
| Kabardian Adyghe dialect, Russian, Turkish, English, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam with small minorities professing Orthodox Christianity,Habze and Catholicism |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Adyghe tribes, Abkhaz, Abaza | |
The Kabardians (Highland Adyghe: Къэбэрдей адыгэхэр; Lowland Adyghe: Къэбэртай адыгэхэр; Russian: Кабардинцы), or Kabardinians, are the largest one of the twelve Adyghe (Circassian) tribes (sub-ethnic groups). They are also commonly known by the plural terms Kabardin, Kebertei, or Kabarday. Along with the Besleney tribe, they speak a distinctive dialect of the Adyghe language.
Despite the Soviet administrative divisions that placed Circassians under four different designations, namely Adygeans (Adyghe in Adygea), Cherkessians (Adyghe in Karachay-Cherkessia), Kabardians (Adyghe in Kabardino-Balkaria), Shapsugians (Adyghe in Krasnodar Krai), all the four are essentially the same people (Adyghe) residing in different political units. The Kabardian people represent one of the 12 stars on the green and gold Adyghe flag.
Kabardians are the largest Circassian (Adyghe) tribe in Russia (over 600,000), Turkey, Egypt, and some other countries in the region, except for Israel and Jordan, where the Shapsug and Abzakh tribe are the largest tribes, respectively. The Kabardian tribe are also the largest Circassian branch in the world in general. In 2002, they numbered around 520,000 in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. Significant populations of Kabardians are also found in Georgia. There are also communities in the United States. In Turkey, where more than 1 million of them live, they are concentrated on the Uzunyayla plateau of Kayseri province and around (Central Turkey), though there are Kabardian villages in Balıkesir, Düzce, Eskişehir (Northwest Turkey), Çorum, Samsun, and Tokat (Black Sea region), amongst many others.
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