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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86" title="قراقلبقيون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="قراقلبقيون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalpacos" title="Caracalpacos – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Caracalpacos" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaraqalpaqlar" title="Qaraqalpaqlar – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qaraqalpaqlar" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%82%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="قاراقالپاق‌لار – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قاراقالپاق‌لار" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%A0%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D2%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Ҡарағалпаҡтар – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ҡарағалпаҡтар" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Каракалпакі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Каракалпакі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Каракалпакци – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Каракалпакци" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpaks" title="Karakalpaks – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Karakalpaks" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpaken" title="Karakalpaken – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Karakalpaken" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpakid" title="Karakalpakid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Karakalpakid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B9" title="Καρακαλπάκοι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Καρακαλπάκοι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpakos" title="Karakalpakos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Karakalpakos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpakoj" title="Karakalpakoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Karakalpakoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85_%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%82" title="مردم قره‌قالپاق – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مردم قره‌قالپاق" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpaks" title="Karakalpaks – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Karakalpaks" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EB%9D%BC%EC%B9%BC%ED%8C%8C%ED%81%AC%EC%9D%B8" title="카라칼파크인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카라칼파크인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Կարակալպակներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կարակալպակներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97" title="क़ाराक़ालपाक़ लोग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="क़ाराक़ालपाक़ लोग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpaci" title="Karakalpaci – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Karakalpaci" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suku_Karakalpak" title="Suku Karakalpak – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Suku Karakalpak" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalpachi" title="Caracalpachi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Caracalpachi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D" title="קאראקלפאקים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קאראקלפאקים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="ყარაყალპაკები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ყარაყალპაკები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%9B%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D2%9B%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Қарақалпақтар – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Қарақалпақтар" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Каракалпактар – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Каракалпактар" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpaki" title="Karakalpaki – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Karakalpaki" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpakai" title="Karakalpakai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Karakalpakai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpakok" title="Karakalpakok – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Karakalpakok" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Каракалпаци – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Каракалпаци" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86" title="قرقلباجيون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="قرقلباجيون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%87%D1%83%D1%83%D0%B4" title="Каракалпакчууд – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Каракалпакчууд" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpakken" title="Karakalpakken – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Karakalpakken" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%91%E3%82%AF%E4%BA%BA" title="カラカルパク人 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カラカルパク人" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Каракалпакаш – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Каракалпакаш" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qoraqalpoqlar" title="Qoraqalpoqlar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Qoraqalpoqlar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%95_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%95" title="ਕਰਾਕਲਪਾਕ ਲੋਕ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕਰਾਕਲਪਾਕ ਲੋਕ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A9" title="قراقل پاک لوک – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="قراقل پاک لوک" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaka%C5%82pacy" title="Karakałpacy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Karakałpacy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalpaques" title="Caracalpaques – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Caracalpaques" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaraqalpaqlar" title="Qaraqalpaqlar – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Qaraqalpaqlar" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Каракалпаки – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Каракалпаки" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Karakalpaks</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above nickname" style="font-size:115%; font-weight:normal;"><div>Qaraqalpaqlar, Қарақалпақлар, كاراكالباك</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg/220px-Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg/330px-Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg/440px-Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Flag of <a href="/wiki/Karakalpakstan" title="Karakalpakstan">Karakalpakstan</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Small_race_in_Takhtakupir.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Small_race_in_Takhtakupir.jpg/220px-Small_race_in_Takhtakupir.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Small_race_in_Takhtakupir.jpg/330px-Small_race_in_Takhtakupir.jpg 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a> <dl><dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Karakalpakstan.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></th><td class="infobox-data">81,700<sup id="cite_ref-Kaa_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" 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class="infobox-data">50,000–200,000<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5,600<sup id="cite_ref-Kaa_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,200<sup id="cite_ref-Kaa_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></th><td class="infobox-data">838<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></th><td class="infobox-data">117<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Karakalpak_language" title="Karakalpak language">Karakalpak</a>, <a 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title="Kazakh people">Kazakh</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_people" title="Kyrgyz people">Kyrgyz</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nogai_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Nogai people">Nogai</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Karakalpaks</b> or <b>Qaraqalpaqs</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ær/: 'arr' in 'marry'">ær</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span 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During the 18th century, they settled in the lower reaches of the <a href="/wiki/Amu_Darya" title="Amu Darya">Amu Darya</a> and in the (former) <a href="/wiki/River_delta" title="River delta">delta</a> of Amu Darya on the southern shore of the <a href="/wiki/Aral_Sea" title="Aral Sea">Aral Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name <i>Karakalpak</i> comes from two words: <i>qara</i> meaning 'black' and <i><a href="/wiki/Kalpak" title="Kalpak">qalpaq</a></i> meaning 'hat'. The Karakalpaks number nearly 871,970 worldwide, out of which about 726,000 live in the <a href="/wiki/Karakalpakstan" title="Karakalpakstan">Karakalpakstan</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaa_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karakalpaks&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word Karakalpak is derived from the Russian Cyrillic spelling of their name and has become the accepted name for these people in the West. The Karakalpaks <a href="/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym" title="Endonym and exonym">endonymically</a> refer to themselves as <i>Qaraqalpaqs</i>, while the <a href="/wiki/Uzbeks" title="Uzbeks">Uzbeks</a> call them <i>Qoraqalpoqs</i>. The word means "<a href="/wiki/Black" title="Black">black</a> <a href="/wiki/Kalpak" title="Kalpak">kalpak</a>" and has caused much confusion in the past, since historians linked them with other earlier peoples (such as <a href="/wiki/Black_Klobuks" title="Black Klobuks">Cherniye Klobuki</a>), who have borne the appellation "black hat" in Slavic vernacular. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karakalpaks&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many accounts continue to link the present-day Karakalpaks with the Turkic confederation known as the <a href="/wiki/Black_Klobuks" title="Black Klobuks">Cherniye Klobuki</a> of the 11th century, whose name also means "black hat" in Russian. Cherniye Klobuki were mercenary military troops of the <a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus" class="mw-redirect" title="Kievan Rus">Kievan Rus</a>. Apart from the fact that their names have the same meaning, there is no archaeological or historical evidence to link these two groups. </p><p>The Karakalpaks, Uzbeks, and Kazakhs are regarded to be subgroups of the same <a href="/wiki/Uzbek_Khanate" title="Uzbek Khanate">Uzbek Confederation</a> that arose in the fifteenth century following the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_the_Mongol_Empire" title="Division of the Mongol Empire">breakdown of Genghis Khan's empire</a> and the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Horde" title="Golden Horde">Golden Horde</a>. The Karakalpak group was formed in the seventeenth century as a result of a split from the <a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Khanate" title="Kazakh Khanate">Kazakh confederation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Recent archaeological evidence indicates that the Karakalpaks may have formed as a confederation of different tribes at some time in the late 15th or the 16th centuries at some location along the <a href="/wiki/Syr_Darya" title="Syr Darya">Syr Darya</a> or its southern <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhany_Darya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhany Darya (page does not exist)">Zhany Darya</a> outlet, in proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Kazakhs" title="Kazakhs">Kazakhs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCz" title="Jüz">Lesser Horde</a>. This would explain why their language, customs, and material culture are so similar to that of the Kazakhs.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karakalpaks&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Karakalpak population is mainly confined to the central part of <a href="/wiki/Karakalpakstan" title="Karakalpakstan">Karakalpakstan</a> that is irrigated by the <a href="/wiki/Amu_Darya" title="Amu Darya">Amu Darya</a>. The largest communities live in <a href="/wiki/Nukus" title="Nukus">Nukus</a>, the capital of Karakalpakstan and the surrounding large towns, such as <a href="/wiki/Khodjeyli" class="mw-redirect" title="Khodjeyli">Khodjeyli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chimboy" class="mw-redirect" title="Chimboy">Shimbay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Takhiatash" class="mw-redirect" title="Takhiatash">Takhiatash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shumanay" class="mw-redirect" title="Shumanay">Shomanay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qo%CA%BBng%CA%BBirot" class="mw-redirect" title="Qoʻngʻirot">Kungrad</a>. Although their homeland bears their name, the Karakalpaks are not the largest ethnic group living in Karakalpakstan. They are increasingly being outnumbered by Uzbeks, many of whom are being encouraged to move into the rich agricultural region around <a href="/wiki/Turtkul" class="mw-redirect" title="Turtkul">Turtkul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beruniy" title="Beruniy">Beruniy</a>. </p><p>Rural Karakalpaks mainly live on former collective or state farms, most of which have been recently privatised. Many rural Karakalpaks have been seriously affected by the desiccation of the <a href="/wiki/Aral_Sea" title="Aral Sea">Aral Sea</a>, which has destroyed the local fishing industry along with much of the grazing and agricultural land in the north of the delta. The majority of Karakalpakstan is occupied by desert: the <a href="/wiki/Kyzyl_Kum" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyzyl Kum">Kyzyl Kum</a> on the eastern side, the barren <a href="/wiki/Ustyurt_Plateau" title="Ustyurt Plateau">Ustyurt Plateau</a> to the west and now the growing <a href="/wiki/Aralkum_Desert" title="Aralkum Desert">Aralkum</a> to the north, once the bed of the former Aral Sea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language">Language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karakalpaks&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armature_dune_yourte_(Khorezm,_Ouzb%C3%A9kistan)_(6859416536).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Armature_dune_yourte_%28Khorezm%2C_Ouzb%C3%A9kistan%29_%286859416536%29.jpg/220px-Armature_dune_yourte_%28Khorezm%2C_Ouzb%C3%A9kistan%29_%286859416536%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Armature_dune_yourte_%28Khorezm%2C_Ouzb%C3%A9kistan%29_%286859416536%29.jpg/330px-Armature_dune_yourte_%28Khorezm%2C_Ouzb%C3%A9kistan%29_%286859416536%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Armature_dune_yourte_%28Khorezm%2C_Ouzb%C3%A9kistan%29_%286859416536%29.jpg/440px-Armature_dune_yourte_%28Khorezm%2C_Ouzb%C3%A9kistan%29_%286859416536%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3697" data-file-height="2465" /></a><figcaption>A frame of traditional Karakalpak <a href="/wiki/Yurt" title="Yurt">yurt</a> or <i>qara úy</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Karakalpak_language" title="Karakalpak language">Karakalpak language</a> belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Kipchak_languages" title="Kipchak languages">Kipchak–Nogai group</a> of <a href="/wiki/Turkic_languages" title="Turkic languages">Turkic languages</a>, which also includes <a href="/wiki/Kazakh_language" title="Kazakh language">Kazakh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nogai_language" title="Nogai language">Nogai</a>. Spoken Karakalpak has two dialects: Northeastern and Southwestern.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Written Karakalpak uses both a modified form of the <a href="/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrillic alphabet">Cyrillic alphabet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latin_alphabet" title="Latin alphabet">Latin alphabet</a>, with the former being standard during the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and the latter modelled on Uzbekistan's alphabet reform for <a href="/wiki/Uzbek_language" title="Uzbek language">Uzbek</a>. Before the Soviet Union, Karakalpak was rarely written, but when it was it used a modified form of the <a href="/wiki/Persian_alphabet" title="Persian alphabet">Perso-Arabic alphabet</a>. </p><p>Due to the geography and history of the Karakalpak people, Karakalpak has been influenced by Uzbek, Mongol, <a href="/wiki/Tajik_language" title="Tajik language">Tajik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>. A Karakalpak-Uzbek <a href="/wiki/Pidgin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pidgin language">pidgin language</a> is often spoken by those bilingual in both languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karakalpaks&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Karakalpaks are primarily followers of the <a href="/wiki/Hanafi" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanafi">Hanafi</a> School of <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. It is probable they adopted Islam between the 10th and 13th centuries, a period when they first appeared as a distinct ethnic group. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dervish" title="Dervish">Dervish</a> orders such as the <a href="/wiki/Naqshbandi" title="Naqshbandi">Naqshbandi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kubrawiya" title="Kubrawiya">Kubrawiya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khoja_Akhmet_Yassawi" class="mw-redirect" title="Khoja Akhmet Yassawi">Yasawi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qalandariyya" title="Qalandariyya">Qalandari</a> are fairly common in the region. The religious order that established the strongest relationship with the people of the region is the Kubrawiya, which has <a href="/wiki/Shi%27a_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi'a Islam">Shi'i adherents</a>. </p><p>Of 553 mosques recorded in 1914, a few remain in <a href="/wiki/Nukus" title="Nukus">Nókis</a>, <a href="/wiki/To%CA%BBrtko%CA%BBl" title="Toʻrtkoʻl">Tórtkúl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xojeli" title="Xojeli">Xojeli</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sh%C4%B1mbay" title="Shımbay">Shımbay</a>. Many Karakalpak <a href="/wiki/Mullah" title="Mullah">mullahs</a> use their homes for <a href="/wiki/Friday_prayers" class="mw-redirect" title="Friday prayers">Friday prayers</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karakalpaks&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since ancient times, among the Karakalpaks, legends and traditions have been told and passed down from generation to generation about the origin of the tribes and peoples who inhabited <a href="/wiki/Khwarazm" title="Khwarazm">Khorezm</a>, about <a href="/wiki/Keyumars" title="Keyumars">Kayumars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamshid" title="Jamshid">Jamshid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siy%C3%A2vash" title="Siyâvash">Siyavush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rostam" title="Rostam">Rustam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tomyris" title="Tomyris">Tomiris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Iskander</a> (Alexander the Great), about the female kingdom, Mount Tok, <a href="/wiki/Genghis_Khan" title="Genghis Khan">Genghis Khan</a>, Guldursun, <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Dede_Korkut" title="Book of Dede Korkut">Dede Korkut</a>. Legends that are very popular among the Karakalpaks include the legends about <a href="/wiki/Ayaz-Kala" title="Ayaz-Kala">Ayaz-Kala</a> (Ayaz fortress), <a href="/wiki/Guldursun-Kala" title="Guldursun-Kala">Guldursun</a>, the fortress of the Forty Girls (Karakalpian: Qırq-qız-kale), Mount Tok (Karakalpian: Toq-taw).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The history of Karakalpak national literature begins with the formation of the Karakalpaks as a people from the 2nd half. XVI century, from the time they were mentioned in historical chronicles under the name "Karakalpaks". Appeared in the XIV-XV centuries. and in the 1st half. XVI century in the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Horde" title="Golden Horde">Golden Horde</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_Horde" title="White Horde">White Horde</a> and t<a href="/wiki/Nogai_Horde" title="Nogai Horde">he Great Nogai Union</a>, literary monuments and the work of the poets who lived in those times should be considered common to the modern <a href="/wiki/Kazakhs" title="Kazakhs">Kazakh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nogais" title="Nogais">Nogai</a> and Karakalpak peoples. Songs composed in the XIV-XVI centuries. in the Nogai Union, scientists called them "Nogai songs". The same name is also used by <a href="/wiki/Shoqan_Walikhanov" title="Shoqan Walikhanov">Shoqan Valikhanov</a>, who divides the heritage created by the people into 3 groups and calls the 3rd group "Nogai songs", indicating the time of their appearance – the XIV-XVI centuries. – and noting their commonality for the Kazakh, Karakalpak, Kyrgyz, Nogai peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the political development of the Karakalpaks, the 18th century was the most difficult and tragic time. Many Kazakh clans were subject to the <a href="/wiki/Kalmyks" title="Kalmyks">Kalmyks</a>. Many Karakalpaks were forced to flee to the lower reaches of the <a href="/wiki/Syr_Darya" title="Syr Darya">Syr Darya</a>. Since 1810, the historical fate of the Karakalpaks has been closely connected with the history of the <a href="/wiki/Khanate_of_Khiva" title="Khanate of Khiva">Khiva Khanate</a>. The poor were hired as farm laborers by the rich and by officials, which testified to the strengthening of class stratification and contradictions between the Karakalpaks. In the 18th century Along with rich oral folk art, a literary heritage itself arose, which had specific creative features, the authors of which were known. These include the zhyrau-storyteller Zhien zhyrau (Karakalp. Jien jıraw). There were other poets in that era, but neither their names nor the works they created have survived to our time. Poems differ from folklore in certain ways in terms of theme, style, realism and are in the nature of written literature. </p><p>The awakened class consciousness became for those who lived in the 19th century. classical poets as a determining factor. It formed the ideological essence of the works of such major representatives of Karakalpak classical poetry of the 19th century as <a href="/wiki/%C3%81jiniyaz" title="Ájiniyaz">Ajiniyaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berdakh" title="Berdakh">Berdakh</a>. They wrote about the hard life and struggle of the people, their dissatisfaction with the feudal order.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Satire also developed. The anecdotes <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joker_Omirbek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joker Omirbek (page does not exist)">Joker Omirbek</a>, a defender of the poor and a wit, a follower of <a href="/wiki/Nasreddin" title="Nasreddin">Khoja Nasreddin</a>, were actively retold.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The annexation of Karakalpakstan to <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russia</a> did not free its population from exploitation and oppression. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karakalpaks&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Kaa-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kaa_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kaa_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kaa_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kaa_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kaa_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kaa_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kaa/">"Karakalpak"</a>. 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Retrieved 2012-07-27</li> <li>MaryLee Knowlton: <i>Uzbekistan</i>. Marshall Cavendish 2005, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7614-2016-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7614-2016-9">0-7614-2016-9</a>, pp. 54–58 (<i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tPv2SFhDpuIC&pg=PA54">online copy</a></i>, p. 54, at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>)</li> <li>Shirin Akiner: <i>Islamic Peoples of the Soviet Union</i>, Taylor & Francis 1983, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7103-0025-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7103-0025-5">0-7103-0025-5</a>, pp. 338–345 (<i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Qa89AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA338">online copy</a></i>, p. 338, at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>)</li> <li>James Stuart Olson, Nicholas Charles Pappas: <i>An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet empires</i>. Greenwood Publishing Group 1994, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-313-27497-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-313-27497-5">0-313-27497-5</a>, pp. 343–345 (<i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CquTz6ps5YgC&pg=PA345">online copy</a></i>, p. 345, at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>)</li> <li>David J. Phillips: <i>Peoples on the Move: Introducing the Nomads of the World</i>. William Carey Library 2001, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87808-352-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-87808-352-9">0-87808-352-9</a>, p. 304 (<i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=54gyRnhIugkC&pg=PA304">online copy</a></i>, p. 304, at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams2020" class="citation book cs1">Williams, Victoria R. (24 February 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TxjOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA537"><i>Indigenous Peoples [4 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Culture, History, and Threats to Survival [4 volumes]</i></a>. 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Turkic minorities <br /> in China</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%84ynu_people" title="Äynu people">Äynu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Tatars" title="Chinese Tatars">Chinese Tatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhs_in_China" title="Kazakhs in China">Chinese Kazakhs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_in_China" title="Kyrgyz in China">Chinese Kyrgyz</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Akto_Turkmen" title="Akto Turkmen">Akto Turkmen</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbeks_in_China" title="Uzbeks in China">Chinese Uzbeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuyu_Kyrgyz_people" title="Fuyu Kyrgyz people">Fuyu Kyrgyz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ili_Turk_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Ili Turk people">Ili Turks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salar_people" title="Salar people">Salar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghurs</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Tor_Uyghurs" class="mw-redirect" title="Tor Uyghurs">Tor Uyghurs</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugurs" title="Yugurs">Yugurs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Turkic minorities <br /> in Crimea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Karaites" title="Crimean Karaites">Crimean Karaites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatars" title="Crimean Tatars">Crimean Tatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krymchaks" title="Krymchaks">Krymchaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urums" title="Urums">Urums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Turkic minorities <br /> in Iran</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Azerbaijanis" title="Iranian Azerbaijanis">Iranian Azerbaijanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afshar_people" title="Afshar people">Afshar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaharmahali_Turks" title="Chaharmahali Turks">Chaharmahali Turks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalaj_people" title="Khalaj people">Khalajs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khorasani_Turks" title="Khorasani Turks">Khorasani Turks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qarai_Turks" class="mw-redirect" title="Qarai Turks">Qarai Turks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qashqai_people" title="Qashqai people">Qashqai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Turkmens" title="Iranian Turkmens">Iranian Turkmens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Kazakhs" title="Iranian Kazakhs">Iranian Kazakhs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Turkic minorities in <br /> Russia</th><td 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href="/wiki/Koibal_people" title="Koibal people">Koibal</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumandins" title="Kumandins">Kumandins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumyks" title="Kumyks">Kumyks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nogais" title="Nogais">Nogais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shors" title="Shors">Shors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyot" title="Soyot">Soyots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatars" title="Tatars">Tatars</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Astrakhan_Tatars" title="Astrakhan Tatars">Astrakhan Tatars</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Kryashens" title="Kryashens">Kryashens</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Mishar_Tatars" title="Mishar Tatars">Mishar Tatars</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Na%C4%9Fayb%C3%A4k" title="Nağaybäk">Nağaybäk</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Volga_Tatars" title="Volga Tatars">Volga Tatars</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Siberian_Tatars" title="Siberian Tatars">Siberian Tatars</a></small> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Siberian_Bukharans" title="Siberian Bukharans">Siberian Bukharans</a></small></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teleuts" title="Teleuts">Teleuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tofalar" title="Tofalar">Tofalars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvans" title="Tuvans">Tuvans</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Tozhu_Tuvans" title="Tozhu Tuvans">Tozhu Tuvans</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakuts" title="Yakuts">Yakuts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Turkic minorities in <br /> Mongolia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khotons" title="Khotons">Khotons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Kazakhs" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongolian Kazakhs">Mongolian Kazakhs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukha_people" title="Dukha people">Dukha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Turkic_people_in_Afghanistan" title="Turkic people in Afghanistan">Turkic minorities in <br /> Afghanistan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Turkmens" title="Afghan Turkmens">Afghan Turkmens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afshar_people" title="Afshar people">Afshar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aimaq_people" title="Aimaq people">Aimaqs</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Timuri" title="Timuri">Timuri</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ansarlu" title="Ansarlu">Ansarlu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karategin_Uzbeks" title="Karategin Uzbeks">Karategin Uzbeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_in_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyrgyz in Afghanistan">Afghan Kyrgyz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Turkic minorities in <br /> Europe <br /> <small>(exc. Russia)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Karaites" title="Crimean Karaites">Crimean Karaites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatars_in_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Tatars in Bulgaria">Bulgarian Crimean Tatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Tatars" title="Finnish Tatars">Finnish Tatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gagauz_people" title="Gagauz people">Gagauz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipka_Tatars" title="Lipka Tatars">Lipka Tatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatars_of_Romania" title="Tatars of Romania">Tatars of Romania</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Extinct Turkic groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alat_tribe" title="Alat tribe">Alat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Az_people" title="Az people">Az</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basmyl" title="Basmyl">Basmyl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barsils" title="Barsils">Barsils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berendei" title="Berendei">Berendei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulaqs" title="Bulaqs">Bulaqs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgars" title="Bulgars">Bulgars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chigils" title="Chigils">Chigils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Klobuks" title="Black Klobuks">Black Klobuks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumans" title="Cumans">Cumans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingling" title="Dingling">Dingling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duolu" title="Duolu">Duolu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dughlats" title="Dughlats">Dughlats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esegel" title="Esegel">Esegel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrks" title="Göktürks">Göktürks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangly" title="Kangly">Kangly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karluks" title="Karluks">Karluks</a></li> <li><a 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