The questıon of Nogai language and translation from Nogai

Abstract

The Nogais are a Turkic people who have experienced the largest number of exiles and genocides in history. Therefore, their language, cultural heritage, history and ethnography have not been widely studied. The frequent change of writing graphics led to serious errors in transliteration and translation. Learning the Nogai language does not necessarily mean a correct understanding of oral texts written in this language. If we consider that these texts are closely connected with history or were spoken during historical events, expressing the concerns of the people, then these linguistic events represent a serious problem that can alienate a nation from its roots. Thus, we discussed here the general language problems that arise when translating texts from Nogai, as well as the laws of the Nogai language and mutual words with the Azerbaijani language. At the end, we tried to give general information about the language by providing some Nogai words with their translation in the form of a dictionary.

Keywords

• nogai horde
• nogai language
• translation problems
• transliteration problems