Karakalpak language

Karakalpak
Qaraqalpaq tili, Қарақалпақ тили, قاراقالپاق تىلى
Karakalpak written in Latin, Cyrillic, and Perso-Arabic scripts
Native to	Central Asia
Region	Karakalpakstan
Ethnicity	Karakalpaks
Native speakers	871,970 (2023)[1]
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak Kipchak–Nogai Karakalpak
Writing system	Karakalpak alphabet (Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic script)
Official status
Official language in	Uzbekistan  Karakalpakstan
Language codes
ISO 639-2	kaa
ISO 639-3	kaa
Glottolog	kara1467
Map showing locations of Karakalpak (red) within Uzbekistan
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Karakalpak (Qaraqalpaq tili) is a Turkic language spoken by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan. It is divided into two dialects, Northeastern Karakalpak and Southwestern Karakalpak. It developed alongside Nogai and neighbouring Kazakh languages, being markedly influenced by both. Typologically, Karakalpak belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages, thus being closely related to and highly mutually intelligible with Kazakh and Nogai.^[2][3][4]