Oghuz-Kipchak language contact: A case study of Noghay language spoken in Turkey (Phonology and morphology)

The Noghays who immigrated from their homeland to Turkey in 18th and 19th century live in Ankara, Eskişehir, Konya and Adana their counties today. The Noghays who came there with immigration encountered with a new cultural circle and they interacted with different societies. Therefore, from the first days of Nogay immigration up to this day, there has been some changes in Noghay language. The Noghay language which is spoken in Turkey have been fluenced by the Turkish language and it differentiated from the standard Noghay language The purpose of this research is to present the changes of a Kipchak group of Turkish language that lives under the influence of a Oghuz group Turkish language using the Noghay spoken in Turkey with linguistic criterias while documenting the Noghay spoken in Turkey that is endangered due to language contact. This research presents the contact on the basis of phonological and morphological.