Kara-Kalpak

American

[kah-ruh-kahl-pahk, kar-uh-kal-pak, kuh-rah-kuhl-pahk] / ˌkɑ rə kɑlˈpɑk, ˌkær ə kælˈpæk, kʌˈrɑ kʌlˈpɑk /

noun

one of a people living in the Kara-Kalpak Republic and adjacent areas.
the Turkic language of the Kara-Kalpaks.

Kara-Kalpak British

/ kəˈrɑːkəlˈpɑːk /

noun

a member of a Mongoloid people of central Asia
the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

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The tribes near the Lake of Aral are called Kara-Kalpak.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller

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