Kara-Kalpak
Language Information
Kara-Kalpak is spoken in Uzbekistan, in the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan south of the Aral Sea, and in neighboring Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
Kara-Kalpak is a Kipchak Turkic language, very close to Kazakh, with about 600,000 or more speakers. Its name means "black hat." The region has suffered greatly from the drying of the Aral Sea.
Kara-Kalpak is a Kipchak Turkic language, very close to Kazakh, with about 600,000 or more speakers. Its name means "black hat." The region has suffered greatly from the drying of the Aral Sea.
- Language Family
- Altaic
- Subgroup
- Turkic
- Branch
- Northwestern (Kipchak)
Kara-Kalpak Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Karakalpak
Ҳәмме адамлар өз қәдир-қымбаты және ҳуқықларында еркин ҳәм тең болып туўылады. Оларға ақыл ҳәм ҳүждан берилген болып, бир-бирине туўысқанлық руўхындағы қатнаста болыўы тийис.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights