Editing Karakalpak language (section)

{{Short description|Kipchak Turkic language of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Karakalpak
| nativename       = Qaraqalpaq tili, Қарақалпақ тили, قاراقالپاق ٴتىُلىُ
| image            = Karakalpak language.png
| imagecaption     = Karakalpak written in [[Latin alphabet|Latin]], [[Cyrillic]], and [[Perso-Arabic]] scripts
| states           = [[Central Asia]]
| region           = [[Karakalpakstan]]
| ethnicity        = [[Karakalpaks]]
| speakers         = 871,970
| date             = 2023
| ref              = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kaa/ | title=Karakalpak &#124; Ethnologue Free }}</ref>
| familycolor      = Altaic
| fam1             = [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]
| fam2             = [[Common Turkic languages|Common Turkic]]
| fam3             = [[Kipchak languages|Kipchak]]
| fam4             = Kipchak–Nogai
| script           = [[Karakalpak alphabet]] ([[Latin]], [[Cyrillic]], [[Arabic script]])
| nation           = {{flag|Uzbekistan}}
* {{flag|Karakalpakstan}}
| iso2             = kaa
| iso3             = kaa
| map              = File:Karakalpak.png
| mapcaption       = Map showing the spread of Karakalpak (blue) within Central Asia
| map2             = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Karakalpak is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''<ref>{{cite web|url= https://en.wal.unesco.org/search?keys=kara-|title=World Atlas of Languages: Karakalpak|website=www.unesco.org|accessdate=Mar 3, 2021|archive-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802160530/http://www.unesco.org/languages-atlas/index.php?hl=en&page=atlasmap|url-status=live}}</ref>}}}}
| notice           = IPA
| glotto           = kara1467
| glottorefname    = Kara-Kalpak
}}
'''Karakalpak''' ({{Lang|kaa|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 language|Nogai]] and neighbouring [[Kazakh language]]s, being markedly influenced by both. Typologically, Karakalpak belongs to the [[Kipchak languages|Kipchak]] branch of the Turkic languages, thus being closely related to and highly mutually intelligible with Kazakh and Nogai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kaa|title=Karakalpak|website=Ethnologue|access-date=2016-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Karakalpak language and alphabet |url=https://www.omniglot.com/writing/karakalpak.php |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=www.omniglot.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Glottolog 4.8 - Kara-Kalpak |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kara1467 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=glottolog.org}}</ref>