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Nogai (also Nogay or Nogai Tatar) is a Turkic language spoken in southwestern Russia. Three distinct dialects are recognized: Qara-Nogay (Black or Northern Nogay) spoken in Dagestan; Nogai Proper in Stavropol; and Aqnogay (White or Western Nogay) by the Kuban River its tributaries in Karachay–Cherkessia and in the Mineralnye Vody District. Qara-Nogay and Nogai Proper are very close linguistically while Aqnogay shows more differences.