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<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>Karakalpak language and alphabet</title> <meta name="description" content="Karakalpak is a Turkic language spoken mainly in Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic in Uzbekistan." />  <script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-WB7PSHBG');</script>  <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.omniglot.com/images/logos/omniglot_thumbnail.jpg" /> <meta property="og:type" content="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Omniglot-100430558332117/posts/" /> <link href="/styles/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script src="https://the.gatekeeperconsent.com/cmp.min.js" data-cfasync="false"></script> <script async src="//www.ezojs.com/ezoic/sa.min.js"></script> <script> window.ezstandalone = window.ezstandalone || {}; ezstandalone.cmd = ezstandalone.cmd || []; </script></head> <body> <div id="header">  <noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-WB7PSHBG" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>  <p><a href="/index.htm"><img src="/images/logos/header_omniglot.png" width="600" height="70" alt="Omniglot - the online encyclopedia of writing systems & languages" /></a></p> <ul> <li><a href="/index.htm">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/writing/index.htm">Alphabets</a></li> <li><a href="/conscripts/index.htm">Constructed scripts</a></li> <li><a href="/writing/languages.htm">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/language/phrases/phraseindex.htm">Phrases</a></li> <li><a href="/language/numbers/index.htm">Numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/language/ml.htm">Multilingual Pages</a></li> <li><a href="/search.htm">Search</a></li> <li><a href="/news/index.htm">News</a></li> <li><a href="/about.htm">About</a></li> <li><a href="/contact.htm">Contact</a></li> </ul></div> <div id="bodybox"> <span style="text-align:center;"><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-162"></div> <script> ezstandalone.cmd.push(function() { ezstandalone.showAds(162); }); </script></span><div id="body"> <h1>Karakalpak (Қарақалпақ тили / Qaraqalpaq tili / قاراقالپاق تىلى)</h1> <p>Karakalpak is a member of the Kypchak branch of Turkic languages. It is spoken by about 412,000 people in the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic in Uzbekistan, where the language has official status. There are some Karakalpak speakers in Afghanistan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey as well. </p> <p><iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d5955371.554261532!2d54.69532713279785!3d43.21166503333082!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x41e9b68886e89265%3A0xc7f1caf0e51ae55a!2sRepublic+of+Karakalpakstan%2C+Uzbekistan!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1522253145082" width="400" height="300" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </p> <p>Karakalpak is most closely related to <a href="kazakh.htm">Kazakh</a> and Nogai, and has absorbed a lot of vocabulary and some grammar from Uzbek as well. </p> <p>Until 1928, Karakalpak was written with the Arabic alphabet. Then from 1928 to 1940 it written the Latin alphabet, after which the Cyrillic alphabet was used. Since 1994, the Cyrillic alphabet has gradually been replaced by the Latin alphabet. The Latin alphabet shown below was adopted in 2016. </p> <h2 style="text-align:right;">Karakalpak Arabic alphabet</h2> <p style="text-align:right;"><img src="../images/writing/karakalpak_arabic.gif" width="570" height="354" alt="Karakalpak Arabic alphabet" /> </p> <h2>Karakalpak Cyrillic alphabet (қарақалпақ әлипбеси)</h2> <p><img src="../images/writing/karakalpak_cyrillic.gif" width="591" height="608" alt="Karakalpak Latin alphabet" /> </p> <h2>Karakalpak Latin alphabet (qaraqalpaq a'lipbesi)</h2> <p><img src="../images/writing/karakalpak_latin.gif" width="549" height="300" alt="Karakalpak Latin alphabet" /> </p> <p><a href="../charts/karakalpak.xls">Download an alphabet chart for Karakalpak</a> (Excel) </p> <p><em>Corrections by Anıl Öztürk</em> </p> <h2 class="right">Sample text (Arabic script)</h2> <p class="right"><span dir="rtl">هەممە اداملار وز قەدىر-قىمباتى جەنە هۇقىقلارىندا ەركىن هەم تەڴ بولىپ تۇۋىلادى. ولارعا اقىل هەم هۇجدان بەرىلگەن بولىپ، بىر-بىرىنە تۇۋىسقانلىق رۇۋحىنداعى قاتناستا بولىۋى تىيىس.</span> </p> <p class="right"><em>Arabic script text provided by Zein Shbeeb</em> </p> <h2>Sample text (Cyrillic script)</h2> <p>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. </p> <h3>Transliteration (Latin script)</h3> <p>Ha'mme adamlar o'z qa'dir-qumbaty ja'ne huqyqlarynda erkin ha'm ten' bolyp tuwylady. Olarg'a aqyl ha'm hu'jdan berilgen bolyp, bir-birine tuwysqanlyq ruwxyndag'y qatnasta bolywy tiyis. </p> <h3>Translation</h3> <p>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.<br /> <em>(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)</em> </p> <h2>Sample videos in Karakalpak</h2> <div class="intrinsic-container intrinsic-container-16x9"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bL4cU7SfOy0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <div class="intrinsic-container intrinsic-container-16x9"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q2RyBYgJmec" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <p class="info"><a href="/writing/karakalpak.php">Information about Karakalpak</a> | <a href="/language/numbers/karakalpak.htm">Numbers</a> | <a href="/babel/karakalpak.htm">Tower of Babel</a></p> <h2>Links</h2> <p>Information about the Karakalpak language<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpak_language">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpak_language</a><br /> <a href="http://karakalpak.com/language.html">http://karakalpak.com/language.html</a><br /> <a href="http://www.ozturkler.com/data_english/0007/0007_10_04.htm">http://www.ozturkler.com/data_english/0007/0007_10_04.htm</a> </p> <p>Information about the Karakalpak people and Karakalpakstan<br /> <a href="http://karakalpak.com/">http://karakalpak.com</a><br /> <a href="http://karakalpak.homestead.com/">http://karakalpak.homestead.com/</a> </p> <h2>Turkic languages</h2> <p><a href="/writing/altay.htm">Altay</a>, <a href="/writing/aynu.htm">Äynu</a>, <a href="/writing/azeri.htm">Azerbaijani</a>, <a href="/writing/bashkir.htm">Bashkir</a>, <a href="/writing/chagatai.htm">Chagatai</a>, <a href="/writing/chelkan.htm">Chelkan</a>, <a href="/writing/chulym.htm">Chulym</a>, <a href="/writing/chuvash.htm">Chuvash</a>, <a href="/writing/crimeantatar.php">Crimean Tatar</a>, <a href="/writing/dolgan.htm">Dolgan</a>, <a href="/writing/fuyukyrgyz.htm">Fuyu Kyrgyz</a>, <a href="/writing/gagauz.htm">Gagauz</a>, <a href="/writing/iliturki.htm">Ili Turki</a>, <a 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