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Kara-Kalpak Alphabet (Cyrillic)
The letters and characters of Kara-Kalpak written in the Cyrillic script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them. About 1,458,023 people read or write it across 8 countries.
Kara-Kalpak is also written in: (Latin)
Standard characters
The minimal set of characters required for Kara-Kalpak — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page. The Fonts column counts how many fonts include each letter, in the same order as the letters and codepoints; an accented form under a letter gets its own codepoint and count line beneath it.
| Letter | Name | Codepoints | Fontsper letter, in order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Аа | A | U+0410 · U+0430 | 2,034 / 1,987 |
| Әә | Schwa | U+04D8 · U+04D9 | 1,121 / 1,162 |
| Бб | Be | U+0411 · U+0431 | 2,019 / 1,951 |
| Вв | Ve | U+0412 · U+0432 | 2,034 / 1,951 |
| Гг | Ghe | U+0413 · U+0433 | 2,023 / 1,956 |
| Ғғ | Ghe With Stroke | U+0492 · U+0493 | 951 / 948 |
| Дд | De | U+0414 · U+0434 | 2,006 / 1,953 |
| Ее Ёё | Ie | U+0415 · U+0435 U+0401 · U+0451 | 2,035 / 1,976 1,944 / 1,911 |
| Жж | Zhe | U+0416 · U+0436 | 2,010 / 1,948 |
| Зз | Ze | U+0417 · U+0437 | 2,024 / 1,953 |
| Ии Йй | I | U+0418 · U+0438 U+0419 · U+0439 | 2,018 / 1,963 1,994 / 1,942 |
| Кк | Ka | U+041A · U+043A | 2,021 / 1,951 |
| Ққ | Ka With Descender | U+049A · U+049B | 869 / 869 |
| Лл | El | U+041B · U+043B | 2,013 / 1,953 |
| Мм | Em | U+041C · U+043C | 2,021 / 1,943 |
| Нн | En | U+041D · U+043D | 2,025 / 1,958 |
| Ңң | En With Descender | U+04A2 · U+04A3 | 962 / 958 |
| Оо | O | U+041E · U+043E | 2,026 / 1,986 |
| Өө | Barred O | U+04E8 · U+04E9 | 1,142 / 1,142 |
| Пп | Pe | U+041F · U+043F | 2,038 / 1,966 |
| Рр | Er | U+0420 · U+0440 | 2,027 / 1,974 |
| Сс | Es | U+0421 · U+0441 | 2,027 / 1,977 |
| Тт | Te | U+0422 · U+0442 | 2,024 / 1,956 |
| Уу Ўў | U | U+0423 · U+0443 U+040E · U+045E | 2,015 / 1,967 1,791 / 1,727 |
| Үү | Straight U | U+04AE · U+04AF | 1,115 / 1,092 |
| Фф | Ef | U+0424 · U+0444 | 2,006 / 1,944 |
| Хх | Ha | U+0425 · U+0445 | 2,019 / 1,965 |
| Ҳҳ | Ha With Descender | U+04B2 · U+04B3 | 799 / 799 |
| Цц | Tse | U+0426 · U+0446 | 1,991 / 1,939 |
| Чч | Che | U+0427 · U+0447 | 2,005 / 1,939 |
| Шш | Sha | U+0428 · U+0448 | 1,999 / 1,945 |
| Щщ | Shcha | U+0429 · U+0449 | 1,986 / 1,929 |
| Ъъ | Hard Sign | U+042A · U+044A | 1,987 / 1,928 |
| Ыы | Yeru | U+042B · U+044B | 1,990 / 1,929 |
| Ьь | Soft Sign | U+042C · U+044C | 1,995 / 1,935 |
| Ээ | E | U+042D · U+044D | 1,998 / 1,929 |
| Юю | Yu | U+042E · U+044E | 1,990 / 1,932 |
| Яя | Ya | U+042F · U+044F | 2,005 / 1,938 |
Punctuation characters
The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.
Where Kara-Kalpak (Cyrillic) is read
Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Kara-Kalpak in the Cyrillic script. The map is zoomed to the region where at least 1% of a country's people read it; neighbouring countries are shown unshaded for context.
Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).
| Country | Estimated readers | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| Uzbekistan | 766,933 | 2.1% |
| Iran | 592,192 | 0.67% |
| Türkiye | 84,120 | 0.1% |
| Turkmenistan | 5,744 | 0.1% |
| Kazakhstan | 3,647 | 0.02% |
| Afghanistan | 3,370 | 0.01% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1,173 | 0.02% |
| Russia | 845 | 0% |
Kara-Kalpak (Cyrillic) — facts
| Font coverage | 765 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 41 standard characters; 765 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026. |
|---|---|
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Unicode blocks | Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Cyrillic, General Punctuation |
| People | About 1,458,023 people read or write Kara-Kalpak in the Cyrillic script — mostly in Uzbekistan, Iran, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan. |
| Also written in | Kara-Kalpak (Latin) |
Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.