Language code: kaa

Technical information about ISO 639 language code kaa

The table below provides technical details for the Kara-Kalpak, Karakalpak language, designated by the kaa code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

kaa

Name

Kara-Kalpak, Karakalpak

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
NortheasternSouthwestern
Related languages
KazakhNogaiKyrgyzKhorezm Uzbek
Key facts
Member of the Kipchak-Nogai subgroup of TurkicAbout 80 % lexical overlap with Kazakh and NogaiBoth Cyrillic and Latin alphabets are used, with a government-backed transition to Latin underwayAgglutinative morphology with vowel harmony and typical SOV word orderMaintains a strong oral epic tradition (jır) performed by itinerant aqyn singers
Sample phrase

Сәлеметсиз бе, қалайсыз?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Kara-Kalpak, Karakalpak language, identified by the code kaa, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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