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{{Short description|Mordvinian ethnic group of southwest Tatarstan, Russia}}
{{One source|date=July 2022}}
'''Qaratays''' ('''Karatais''', '''Karatays''') are  a [[Mordvins|Mordvinian]] [[ethnic group]] in [[Kamsko-Ustyinsky District]], [[Tatarstan]] around the village of Mordovsky Karatay.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sawe |first1=Benjamin Elisha |title=Who are the Mordvin People? |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/who-are-the-mordvin-people.html |website=WorldAtlas |access-date=1 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> They speak a variety of the [[Tatar language]] complemented by [[Moksha language|Moksha]] words, which is sometimes considered as a Qaratay dialect of the [[Tatar language|Kazan Tatar language]]. They number about 100.
Once they lived in three villages, but one of them was submerged by [[Kuybyshev Reservoir]]. Another one was re-settled as "unprospective" during the 1950s.
The village of Mordovsky Karatay became the last Qaratay village.
Their ancestors lived in the territory of today Tatarstan and were assimilated by [[Volga Bolgars]] and [[Tatars]] between the 8th and 15th centuries. Living around Tatars, they started speaking a Tatar language. Neighbouring Mordvins in [[Tetyushsky District]], however, still speak a [[Uralic languages|Uralic language]].{{Which|date=July 2022}}
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