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Karakalpakstan, [a] officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, [b] is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan. It spans the northwestern portion of Uzbekistan. Its capital is Nukus (Nókis / Нөкис). Karakalpakstan has an area of 166,590 km 2 (64,320 sq mi), [3] and has a population of about 2 million people.
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.
The Karakalpak language belongs to the Kipchak–Nogai group of Turkic languages, which also includes Kazakh and Nogai. Spoken Karakalpak has two dialects: Northeastern and Southwestern. [ 9 ] Written Karakalpak uses both a modified form of the Cyrillic alphabet and Latin alphabet , with the former being standard during the Soviet Union and the ...
The Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Karakalpak ASSR; Karakalpak: Қарақалпақстан АССР, Qaraqalpaqstan ASSR; Uzbek: Қорақалпоғистон АССР, Qoraqalpog‘iston ASSR; Russian: Каракалпакская АССР, Karakalpakskaya ASSR), also known as Soviet Karakalpakstan or simply Karakalpakstan, was an autonomous republic within the Soviet Union.
In 1932, the city was renamed to Turtkul (from Turkish törtkül meaning square [6]) and between 1932 and 1939 was the capital of the newly formed autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan. The city was located near the major Amu Darya River, which is known for having significantly altered its flow path several times in its history.
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Erkin Qaraqalpaqstan (Karakalpak: Еркин Қарақалпақстан, Free Karakalpakstan) is the main Karakalpak language newspaper, published in Uzbekistan.As of 2007, it printed 2700 copies three times a week, down from 66,000 five times a week in 1975.
Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast was created on February 19, 1925 by separating lands of the ethnic Karakalpaks from the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and Khorezm People's Soviet Republic.