Nogai language
| Nogai | |
|---|---|
| Noghay, Nogay | |
| ногай тили nogay tili ногайша nogayşa | |
| Native to | Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |
| Region | Caucasus |
| Ethnicity | 108,000 Nogais (2020 census) |
Native speakers | 86,000 (2020 census) |
Turkic
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| Cyrillic, Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Russia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | nog |
| ISO 639-3 | nog |
| Glottolog | noga1249 |
| ELP | Noghay |
| Alabugat Tatar | |
Map of Nogais in the Caucasus | |
Nogai is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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.