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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; LJØKJELL, Roar; YOON, Kook-Hyun; YOON, Kyoo-Hwa, authors. 2002. "Comments on Karakalpak discourse structure."

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

CLIFTON, John M., author. 2002. "Alphabets of ten Turkic languages."