in Uzbekistan.

Three distinct dialects are recognized:
* Karanogay or Qara-Nogai (literally "Black Nogai"; "Northern Nogai"), spoken in Dagestan and Chechnya.
* Central Nogai or Nogai Proper, in Stavropol.
* Aqnogai (White or Western Nogai), by the Kuban River, its tributaries in