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Karakalpak is a member of the Kipchak branch of Turkic languages, which includes Kazakh, Bashkir, Tatar, Kumyk, Karachay, Nogai and Kyrgyz.Due to its proximity to Turkmen and Uzbek, some of Karakalpak's vocabulary and grammar has been influenced by Uzbek and Turkmen.
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 ...
In 2007, it was estimated that about 400,000 of the population are of the Karakalpak ethnic group, 400,000 are Uzbeks and 300,000 are Kazakhs. [6] Though 95% of Karakalpaks reside in Uzbekistan, [20] mostly in Karakalpakstan, the Karakalpak language is closer to Kazakh than to Uzbek. [21]
Karakalpak may refer to: Karakalpaks, a Turkic people; Karakalpak language, the language of the Karakalpaks; Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic within Uzbekistan; Chorni Klobuky (Turkic Karakalpak), a group of semi-nomadic Turkic or Turkic-speaking tribes
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.
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Aqylbek Muratov (Karakalpak: Муратов Ақылбек; born c. 1988), also known as Aqylbek Muratbai, is a Karakalpak human rights activist. Originally from Navoiy, Uzbekistan, Muratov has since become well known as a community leader within the Karakalpak diaspora living in Kazakhstan.
A lawyer by profession, Tazhimuratov worked as a journalist for the Karakalpak-language newspaper El Xızmetinde (English: "At the Service of the People"), and was based in Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan. He was active in promoting the rights of the Karakalpaks, including importing gas to remote areas of Karakalpakstan, providing free ...