Editing Nogai language (section)

{{Short description|Kipchak Turkic language of the North Caucasus}}{{Refimprove|date=August 2009}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Nogai
| nativename       = {{lang|nog|ногай тили}} {{tlit|nog|nogay tili}}<br>{{lang|nog|ногайша}} {{tlit|nog|nogayşa}}
| states           = [[Russia]], [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Ukraine]], [[Uzbekistan]]
| region           = [[Caucasus]]
| ethnicity        = 108,000 [[Nogais]] (2020 census)<ref name=e26/>
| speakers         = {{sigfig|85,600|2}}
| date             = 2020 census
| ref              = e26
| familycolor      = Altaic
| fam1             = [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]
| fam2             = [[Common Turkic languages|Common Turkic]]
| fam3             = [[Kipchak languages|Kipchak]]
| fam4             = Kipchak–Nogai
| script           = [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]], [[Latin alphabet|Latin]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=türkevi araştırmalar merkezi |url=http://www.turkevi.org/ilk-nogayca-roman-kitabi-yayinlandi/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.turkevi.org}}</ref>
| nation           = {{RUS}}
* {{flag|Dagestan}}
** [[File:Flag of Nogai El.svg | 23px|border]] [[Nogaysky District, Dagestan|Nogaysky District]]
* {{flag|Karachay-Cherkessia}}
** [[File:Flag of Nogai El.svg | 23px|border]] [[Nogaysky District, Karachay-Cherkess Republic|Nogai District]]
| iso2             = nog
| iso3             = nog
| glotto           = noga1249
| glottorefname    = Nogai
| ELP2             = 943
| ELPname2         = Alabugat Tatar
| minority         = 
| image            = Nogai language.png
| imagecaption     = Nogai written in [[Cyrillic]] and [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] scripts
| map              = Caucasus-ethnic_nogai.png
| mapcaption       = Map of Nogais in the Caucasus
| map2             = Lang Status 60-DE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Nogai is classified as Definitely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/russian-federation/languages/nogai |title=Nogai in Russian Federation 
|work=UNESCO WAL |access-date=23 July 2024}}</ref>}}}}
| altname          = Noghay, Nogay
}}
[[File:Caucasus-ethnic en.svg|thumb|Linguistic map of the Caucasus region: Nogay is spoken in the pale blue areas, numbered "26."]]
'''Nogai''' ({{IPAc-en|n|oʊ|ˈ|g|aɪ}} {{respell|noh|GHY}}; {{lang|nog-Cyrl|Ногай тили}}, {{lang|nog-Latn|Nogay tili}}, {{lang|nog-Cyrl|Ногайша}}, {{lang|nog-Latn|Nogayşa}}) also known as '''Noğay''', '''Noghay''', '''Nogay''', or '''Nogai Tatar''', is a [[Turkic languages|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 languages|Kipchak branch]], it is closely related to [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]], [[Karakalpak language|Karakalpak]] and [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]]. In 2014 the first Nogai novel (''Akşa Nenem'') was published, written in the Latin alphabet.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.turkevi.org/ilk-nogayca-roman-kitabi-yayinlandi/ | title=İlk Nogayca roman kitabı yayınlandı… – türkevi araştırmalar merkezi }}</ref>