Nogai
Nogayşa
Nogai is a Turkic language spoken in Russia and Kazakhstan, by about 87.1 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Nogai ( noh-GHY; Ногай тили, Nogay tili, Ногайша, Nogayşa) also known as Noğay, Noghay, Nogay, or Nogai Tatar, is a Turkic language spoken in Southern 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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Words in Nogai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | коьз | köz |
| ear | кулак | kulak |
| tooth | тис | tis |
| heart | юрек | yurek |
| head | бас | bas |
| blood | кан | kan |
| bone | суьек | süyek |
| skin | тери | teri |
| liver | бавыр | bavır |
| water | сув | suv |
| fire | от | ot |
| star | юлдыз | yuldız |
| rain | ямгыр | yamgır |
| mountain | тав | tav |
| tree | терек | terek |
| night | туьн | tün |
| dog | ийт | iyt |
| cat | мысык | mısık |
| fish | балык | balık |
| bird | кус | kus |
| cow | сыйыр | sıyır |
| three | уьш | üş |
| who | ким | kim |
| coffee | кофе | kofe |
| salt | туз | tuz |
| bread | оьтпек | ötpek |
| egg | юмыртка | yumırtka |
| apple | алма | alma |
| house | уьй | üy |
| book | китап | kitap |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KazakhTurkic76% alike
- KumykTurkic74% alike
- Karachay-BalkarTurkic72% alike
- Crimean TatarTurkic70% alike
- Southern UzbekTurkic67% alike
- UzbekTurkic64% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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