Karakalpak (Қарақалпақ тили / Qaraqalpaq tili / قاراقالپاق تىلى)
Karakalpak is a member of the Kypchak branch of Turkic languages. It is
spoken by about 412,000 people in the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic
in Uzbekistan, where the language has official status. There are some
Karakalpak speakers in Afghanistan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey as well.
Karakalpak is most closely related to Kazakh and
Nogai, and has absorbed a lot of vocabulary and some grammar from Uzbek
as well.
Until 1928, Karakalpak was written with the Arabic alphabet. Then from 1928
to 1940 it written the Latin alphabet, after which the Cyrillic alphabet
was used. Since 1994, the Cyrillic alphabet has gradually been replaced by
the Latin alphabet.
Ҳәмме адамлар өз қәдир-қымбаты және ҳуқықларында еркин ҳәм тең болып туўылады. Оларға ақыл ҳәм ҳүждан берилген болып, бир-бирине туўысқанлық руўхындағы қатнаста болыўы тийис
Transliteration
Ha'mme adamlar o'z qa'dir-qumbaty ja'ne huqyqlarynda erkin ha'm ten' bolyp tuwylady. Olarg'a aqyl ha'm hu'jdan berilgen bolyp, bir-birine tuwysqanlyq ruwxyndag'y qatnasta bolywy tiyis.
Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
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