Garachi

The Garachi (Azerbaijani: Qaraçı; Kurdish: Qereçî), also spelled Karachi or Karaci, are a group of the Dom people living in Azerbaijan and Turkey.

The largest Garachi settlement was named after them and is situated around 4 km southeast of Khacmaz town in Khachmaz region.

[5] Their main occupation was the production of household items such as baskets, sieves and chewing gum made by men and sold by women in the neighbouring towns.

[7] Patkanov's analysis of the language of the Garachi (based on 101 common phrases) indicated that despite being Indo-Aryan, it is not mutually intelligible with any of the Romani or Domari dialects of the Balkans, Russia, or the Middle East.

Most Garachis nowadays are settled and live in communities in Yevlakh, Agdash, Gakh, Khachmaz and Baku suburbs numbering altogether around 2,000 people.