Karaite or Qaraite may refer to: *

Karaite Judaism Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a Rabbinic Judaism, non-Rabbinical Jewish religious movements, Jewish sect characterized by the recognition of the written Tanakh alone as its supreme religious text, authority in ''halakha'' (religious law) and t ...

, a Jewish religious movement that rejects the Talmud **

Crimean Karaites Crimean Karaites or simply Karaites (Crimean Karaim language, Karaim: Кърымкъарайлар, ''Qrımqaraylar'', singular къарай, ''qaray''; Trakai dialect: ''karajlar'', singular ''karaj''; ; ; ), also known more broadly as Eastern E ...

, an ethnic group derived from Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Eastern Europe ***

Karaim language The Karaim language ( Crimean dialect: , ; Trakai dialect: ), also known by its Hebrew name Lashon Kedar (, “language of the nomads"), is a Turkic language belonging to the Kipchak group, with Hebrew influences, similarly to Yiddish or Jud ...

, a Turkic language of Crimean Karaites. It is often considered an ethnolect or divergent dialect group of the Crimean Tatar language. **

Constantinopolitan Karaites The Constantinopolitan Karaites or Greco-Karaites are a Karaite Judaism, Karaite community with a specific historical development and a distinct cultural, linguistic, and literary heritage stemming from their residency in the capital of the Easte ...

, an ethnic group derived from Grecophone adherents of Karaite Judaism in and around Constantinople (now Istanbul) ***

Yevanic language Yevanic, also known as Judaeo-Greek, Romaniyot, Romaniote, and Yevanitika, is a Greek dialect formerly used by the Romaniotes and by the Constantinopolitan Karaites (in whose case the language is called Karaitika or Karaeo-Greek). The Romaniot ...

or Karaeo-Greek, a Hellenic language of the Constantinopolitan Karaites. It is considered an ethnolect of Koine Greek.

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