Nogais
Kipchak ethnic group in North Caucasus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nogais (Nogai: Ногай, Noğay IPA: [noˈɣaj], plural: Ногайлар, Noğaylar [noɣajˈlar]) are a Kipchak[10] people who speak a Turkic language and live in the North Caucasus region. Most are found in Northern Dagestan and Stavropol Krai, as well as in Karachay-Cherkessia and Astrakhan Oblast; some also live in Chechnya, Dobruja (Romania and Bulgaria), Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and a small Nogai diaspora is found in Jordan. They speak the Nogai language and are descendants of various Mongolic and Turkic tribes who formed the Nogai Horde. There are eight main groups of Nogais: the Ak Nogai, the Karagash, the Kuban-Nogai, the Kundraw-Nogai, the Qara-Nogai, the Utars, Bug-Nogai and the Yurt-Nogai.
Total population | |
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c. 170,000[3] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Russia | 109,042[4] |
∟ Dagestan | 36,944[5] |
∟ Stavropol Krai | 22,569[5] |
∟ Karachay-Cherkessia | 17,368[5] |
∟ Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | 9,990[5] |
∟ Astrakhan Oblast | 9,320[5] |
∟ Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 3,740[5] |
∟ Chechnya | 2,819[5] |
Romania | 4,057[6] |
Bulgaria | 500[citation needed] |
Ukraine | 385-2,885[7] |
Languages | |
Nogai, Russian | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Crimean Tatars, Bashkirs, Kazakhs, Karakalpaks, Kumyks, Volga Tatars[8][9] |