ETHNOLINGUISTIC SIMILARITIES OF KARAITES AND KARACHAIS-BALKARIANS
The materials of Karaites’ and Karachais-Balkarians’ vocabulary are introduced and analyzed in this article; considerable ethnolinguistic similarities are singled out. These are the arguments in favour of the hypothesis about the presence of common elements in ethnogenesis and ethnic roots of these peoples. The author considers that the work in this direction has just started and certainly has scientific perspectives.