Karakalpak language

Karakalpak
Qaraqalpaq tili, Қарақалпақ тили
Native to	Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
Region	Karakalpakstan
Native speakers	583,410 (2010)
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak Kipchak–Nogai Karakalpak
Official status
Official language in	Uzbekistan  Karakalpakstan
Language codes
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	kara1467
Map showing locations of Karakalpak (red) within Uzbekistan
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 Uzbekistan

Karakalpak is a Turkic language spoken by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan. It is divided into two dialects: Northeastern Karakalpak, Southeastern Karakalpak. The language is closely related to Kazakh.

Karakalpak is a member of the Kypchak branch of Turkic languages, which includes Tatar, Kumyk, Nogai, and Kazakh. Due to its proximity to Uzbek, much of Karakalpak's vocabulary and grammar has been influenced by Uzbek. Like Turkish, Karakalpak has vowel harmony, is agglutinative and has no grammatical gender. Word order is usually subject–object–verb.

Karakalpak is spoken mainly in the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic of Uzbekistan. Approximately 2,000 people in Afghanistan and smaller diaspora in parts of Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, and other parts of the world speak Karakalpak.