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Karakalpak

A language of Uzbekistan

ISO 639-3: kaa

Population	407,000 in Uzbekistan (1993 UBS). Population total all countries: 413,150. Ethnic population: 424,000 in the former USSR.
Region	Along the lower Amu Darya; south Aral Sea area. Also in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation (Asia), Turkmenistan.
Language map	Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, reference number 3
Alternate names	Karaklobuk, Klobouki, Tchorny
Dialects	Northeastern Karakalpak, Southeastern Karakalpak.
Classification	Altaic, Turkic, Western, Aralo-Caspian
Language use	Also use Uzbek [uzn] or Russian.
Language development	NT: 2004.
Writing system	Cyrillic script. Latin script.
Comments	Some literature. Fishermen in Aral Sea; agriculturalists; craftsmen. Muslim (Sunni).

Also spoken in:

Afghanistan

Language name	Karakalpak
Population	2,000 in Afghanistan.
Region	North of Jalalabad; south of Mazar-i Sharif.
Alternate names	Qaraqulpaqs
Dialects	Northeast Karakalpak, Southwest Karakalpak.
Language use	Also use Eastern Farsi [prs].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Comments	May be no remaining speakers in Afghanistan. The reference to them is dated. May now speak closely related Uzbek [uzs]. May have been absorbed into Farsi [frs] or Pashto. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Bekmuratova, Amangul and others. 2002. "Comments on Karakalpak discourse structure."

Clifton, John M. 2002. "Alphabets of ten Turkic languages."

Clifton, John M. and Deborah A. Clifton, editors. 2002. Comments on discourse structures in ten Turkic languages.