Karakalpak
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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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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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