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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Karakalpaks of Kazakhstan

The Karakalpaks of Kazakhstan, numbering approximately 1,900 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community formed through migration from Karakalpakstan and the lower Amu Darya region to Kazakhstan that maintains a distinct Karakalpak identity closely related to other Kipchak Turkic peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Kara-Kalpak is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Kazakhstan
People Cluster: Kazakh
Primary Language(s): Kara-Kalpak (kaa)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024276
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

78%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kara-Kalpak
Language Family: Turkic

100%
%
Karakalpak Speakers

Media Resources in Kara-Kalpak:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Kara-Kalpak:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2004 Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kara-Kalpak bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Karakalpaks are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Karakalpaks:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Karakalpaks of Kazakhstan

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
readPsalm 51:1

Give thanks to God that He is able to forgive all the sins people might commit, and pray that many who don't yet know this will hear the good news and turn to Him for mercy.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
readPsalm 2:10-11

Pray for the rulers and authorities here to seek the Lord and serve Him only. Pray that the people they lead will be amazed by the work of God in their lives.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Karakalpak Across Countries (ROP3 - 104638) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
KarakalpaksPG024354KarakalpaksKyrgyzstan1,300Unengaged and UnreachedKara-KalpakSunni Islam
KarakalpaksPG024619KarakalpaksTurkmenistan5,700Unengaged and UnreachedKara-KalpakSunni Islam
KarakalpaksPG024276KarakalpaksKazakhstan1,900Engaged yet UnreachedKara-KalpakSunni Islam
KarakalpaksPG024680KarakalpaksUzbekistan763,000Engaged yet UnreachedKara-KalpakSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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