Nogai

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A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639-3
nog
Alternate Names
Karanogai, Kubanogai, Nogaitsy, Nogalar, Nogay, Noghai, Noghay, Noghaylar, Yurt Tatar
Autonym
Ногай тили‎ (Noğay tili)
User Population

87,100 (2010 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 104,000 (2010 census).

Location

Karachay-Cherkessia republic; Dagestan republic: Babayurt, Kizlyar, Nogay, and Tarumovka districts; Chechnya republic: Shelkovskaya district; Stavropol district: Kochubeyevskoye, Mineral’nyye Vody, and Neftekumsk counties; northern Caucasus.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened). Provincially recognized language in Dagestan Autonomous Republic (1994, Constitution of Dagestan Autonomous Republic, Article 10).

Classification
Turkic, Western, Aralo-Caspian
Dialects

White Nogai (Kuba), Black Nogai (Kara), Central Nogai. Slight dialect differences.

Language Use

Home, community. Some young people, all adults. Many children shift to other languages at school age (Salminen 2007). Positive attitudes. Many also use Kumyk [kum]. Also use Karachay-Balkar [krc]. Also use Russian [rus].

Language Development

Most read and write Russian [rus]. Taught as subject in primary schools. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 2011.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nogai
Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl].

Other Comments

Muslim.