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The Karakalpaks of Turkmenistan

The Karakalpaks of Turkmenistan, numbering approximately 5,700 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a community formed through migration from Karakalpakstan and the lower Amu Darya region to Turkmenistan that maintains a distinct Karakalpak identity within the wider Kipchak Turkic world. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Kara-Kalpak is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Turkmenistan
People Cluster: Kazakh
Primary Language(s): Kara-Kalpak (kaa)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 5,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024619
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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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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray specifically for the Karakalpaks of Turkmenistan

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven"
readMatthew 9:14

Pray that those who are spiritually dead will recognize their need for spiritual nourishment and turn to the One who offers true fulfillment.

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
readMatthew 6:10

Pray that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven, and that people will seek His kingdom and righteousness above all else, trusting in His provision.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

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 IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KarakalpaksPG024680KarakalpaksUzbekistan764,000Engaged yet UnreachedKara-KalpakSunni Islam
KarakalpaksPG024619KarakalpaksTurkmenistan5,700Unengaged and UnreachedKara-KalpakSunni Islam
KarakalpaksPG024276KarakalpaksKazakhstan1,900Engaged yet UnreachedKara-KalpakSunni Islam
KarakalpaksPG024354KarakalpaksKyrgyzstan1,300Unengaged and UnreachedKara-KalpakSunni Islam

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

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