Qaraqalpaq Tili

Qaraqalpaq Tili / Қарақалпақ тили

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Alphabet (IPA):

[i] [e] [æ] [y] [ø] [ɑ] [u] [ɯ] [o]

[m] [n] [ŋ] [p] [b] [t] [d] [t͡ʃ] [t͡s] [q] [k] [g] [f] [v] [ʃ] [s] [z] [ɾ] [ʒ] [x] [ɣ] [l] [j]

Alphabet (Cyrillic):

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Karakalpakstan is a natural language which originates in Uzbekistan, specifically in the western Republic of Karakalpakstan. It's notable for being closer related to Kazakh than to nearby Uzbek

It is a Kipchak Turkic language (639-5: trk). Its closest living neighbors are Kazakh , Altay , and Kyrgyz . It has further relations to other Turkic languages, most notably Turkish .

It's been written with a Cyrillic script for the past 80 years, though with the plan for Uzbek latinization scheduled for 2023, Karakalpak is expected to follow suit.