Karakalpak
one of the Turkic languages in Central Asia, the state language of Karakalpakstan
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Summary
Karakalpak is a language[1]. Karakalpak ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,183 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Karakalpakstan[3], Uzbekistan[4], Kazakhstan[5], Afghanistan[6], Russia[7], Turkey[8]
- Instance of: modern language[9]
- Subclass of: Kipchak–Nogai[10]
- Writing system: Latin script[11]
- Commons category: Karakalpak language[12]
- Wikimedia language code: kaa[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Karakalpak language[14]
- Described at URL: https://turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=kkp[15]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 583,410[16]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[17]
- Native label: Qaraqalpaq tili[18], Қарақалпақ тили[19]
- Indigenous to: Karakalpakstan[20], Karakalpaks[21], Bukhara Region[22], Navoiy Region[23], Xorazm Region[24]
- Female form of label: la langue karakalpake[25]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KAA[26]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[27]
- Linguistic typology: agglutinative language[28], vowel harmony[29], subject–object–verb[30]
- Related category: Category:Karakalpak pronunciation[31]
Why It Matters
Karakalpak has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Karakalpak is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]