Nogai

Also known as Nogai language, nog, Nogay, Nogay language

Turkic language

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Nogai is a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Nogai people, an ethnic group historically inhabiting the North Caucasus region. It matters as part of the linguistic diversity of Turkic-speaking peoples and as a marker of the cultural identity of the Nogai communities.

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 87119
Wikimedia language code: nog
exact match: turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=nog
Wikimedia Incubator URL: incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nog
native label: Ногайша
short name: ногъайаг

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Linguistic map of the Caucasus region: Nogay is spoken in the pale blue areas, numbered "26". Nogai (/noʊˈɡaɪ/ noh-GHY; Ногай тили, Nogay tili, Ногайша, Nogayşa) also known as Noğay, Noghay, Nogay, or Nogai Tatar, is a Turkic language spoken in Southeastern European Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. It is the ancestral language of the Nogais. As a member of the Kipchak branch, it is closely related to Kazakh, Karakalpak and Crimean Tatar. In 2014, the first Nogai novel (Akşa Nenem) was published, written in the Latin alphabet.

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