The Karakalpaks (“Kara” meaning black, and “Kalpak” meaning hat) live primarily in northwestern Uzbekistan with smaller populations in Turkey, Iran and other central Asian countries. The Karakalpaks emerged as a confederation of tribes at some time in the 15th or 16th centuries. They are genetically highly heterogeneous. During the 1500s, they became virtually independent, although definitely not united. Unfortunately, their independence was short lived. Over the next 200 years, they became subjects of the Dzungarians, the Bukharans, and the Kazaks. The Dzungarians forced them to flee in two directions. One group, the upper Karakalpaks, went up the Syr Darya River to the Ferghana Basin. The second, the lower Karakalpaks, moved closer to the Aral Sea.

Language and People

Kara-Kalpak (ISO 639-3: kaa) is spoken by approximately 748,070 people in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. [Glottolog: kara1467]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow.

References

Full Bible - Online text, IBTRussia
Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
Full Bible - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing
Жаңа Келисим - Online text, Institute for Bible Translation, Russia
Bible For Developers - DBL archive entry, Digital Bible Library
Karakalpak - John (Print) - Historical archive
find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for KAAIBT.
Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
ebible.org entry - ebible.org.