Turkic family

Karakalpak

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Karakalpak (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Turkic language. Lineage: Proto-Turkic → Old Turkic → Proto-Kipchak → Karakalpak.

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Speakers
600K (600,000)
ISO 639-3
kaa
Glottocode
kara1467

Kipchak–Nogai language of Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan), closely related to Kazakh.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Turkicc. 200 BCE – 500 CE
  2. Old Turkic550 CE – 900 CE
  3. Proto-Kipchakc. 800 CE – 1200 CE
  4. Karakalpakc. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 5

Also descended from Proto-Kipchak.

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