Karakalpak language

Karakalpak
Qaraqalpaq tili, Қарақалпақ тили, قاراقالپاق تىلى
Karakalpak written in Latin, Cyrillic, and Perso-Arabic scripts
Native toCentral Asia
RegionKarakalpakstan
EthnicityKarakalpaks
Native speakers
871,970 (2023)[1]
Turkic
Karakalpak alphabet (Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic script)
Official status
Official language in
 Uzbekistan
Language codes
ISO 639-2kaa
ISO 639-3kaa
Glottologkara1467
Map showing the spread of Karakalpak (blue) within Central Asia
Karakalpak is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]
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Karakalpak (Qaraqalpaq tili) is a Turkic language spoken by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan. It is divided into two dialects, Northeastern Karakalpak and Southwestern Karakalpak. It developed alongside Nogai and neighbouring Kazakh languages, being markedly influenced by both. Typologically, Karakalpak belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages, thus being closely related to and highly mutually intelligible with Kazakh and Nogai.[3][4][5]

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  2. ^ "World Atlas of Languages: Karakalpak". www.unesco.org. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved Mar 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Karakalpak". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  4. ^ "Karakalpak language and alphabet". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  5. ^ "Glottolog 4.8 - Kara-Kalpak". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2023-10-31.