Karakalpak

Also known as Karakalpak language, Qaraqalpaq

one of the Turkic languages in Central Asia, the state language of Karakalpakstan

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Karakalpak is a Turkic language spoken in Karakalpakstan, a region in Central Asia, where it holds the status of official state language. It matters as an important marker of cultural and ethnic identity for the Karakalpak people and represents the linguistic diversity of the Turkic language family.

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 583410
Wikimedia language code: kaa
native label: Қарақалпақ тили‎
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KAA
Commons category: Karakalpak language
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described at URL: turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=kkp
female form of label: la langue karakalpake

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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.

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