PROBLEMS OF GRAPHIC AND SPELLING VARIATION IN THE KARACHAY-BALKAR LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article studies a problem of spelling and graphic variants in the Karachay-Balkar language. The paper analyzes theoretical and practical issues of graphics and spelling of the Karachay-Balkar language, identifies regional and interregional variants that are characterized in terms of compliance / non-compliance with spelling standards, and determines the reasons for their appearance. The study emphasizes the need to improve Karachay-Balkar graphics and spelling in order to bring them under the scientific basis of the unified Karachay-Balkar language as one of the Turkic languages. The author substantiates the necessity of publishing a new set of spelling rules for the Karachay-Balkar language based on its unified graphic and spelling rules for use in both regions of its functioning-in the KCR and the CBD.