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Can Kazakh and Karakalpak speakers understand each other? In this episode we test the degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages and showcase just how connected the two are. Feruza (Karakalpak speaker), and Tamerlan (Kazakh speaker) will start by having a short conversation in their native languages, and in the second part f the video, they will read a series of proverbs in their respective languages to show even further how culturally connected they are. Feruza's Instagram page: Please contact me on Instagram if you would like to participate in a future video: Karakalpak (قاراقالپاق / Qaraqalpaq / Қарақалпақ) is a Kipchak Turkic language primarily spoken by Karakalpaks in the an autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, which is located within Uzbekistan. The language has two main dialects which are both closely related to Kazakh. The Kazakh language (qazaqşa) belongs to the Kipchak branch of Turkic languages with official status in Kazakhstan and a minority language in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China and in the Bayan-Ölgii Province of Mongolia. The Turkic languages consist of over 35 different documented languages, originating from East Asia. Turkish has the highest number of native speakers out of all Turkic language. There is a high degree of mutual intelligibility among the various Oghuz languages, which include Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Qashqai, Gagauz, Balkan Gagauz Turkish and Oghuz-influenced Crimean Tatar.
