The Bzhedug dialect ( ady, Бжъэдыгъубзэ) is a dialect of
Adyghe. The Bzhedug dialect is spoken by the
Bzhedugs
Bjedugh, Bzhedug or Bazdug ( ady, Бжъэдыгъу, ''Bjzədıuğ'', ; russian: Бжедуги, ) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes.
Many of them immigrated to Turkey in the 1860s, but there is still a community of Bzhedug on the l ...
who live mostly in
Adygea
The Republic of Adygea (; russian: Республика Адыгея, Respublika Adygeya, p=ɐdɨˈɡʲejə; ady, Адыгэ Республик, ''Adıgə Respublik''), also known as the Adyghe Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated ...
and
Biga
Biga may refer to:
Places
* Biga, Çanakkale, a town and district of Çanakkale Province in Turkey
* Sanjak of Biga, an Ottoman province
* Biga Çayı, a river in Çanakkale Province
* Biga Peninsula, a peninsula in Turkey, in the northwest part ...
.
Phonology
Dropped consonants
In the Bzhedug dialect (as in the Northern Shapsug dialect) in some cases the consonants н , м and р are dropped and are not pronounced.
* The consonant м is dropped before
bilabial
In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a labial consonant articulated with both lips.
Frequency
Bilabial consonants are very common across languages. Only around 0.7% of the world's languages lack bilabial consonants altogether, including Tlingi ...
stops
Stop may refer to:
Places
*Stop, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States
* Stop (Rogatica), a village in Rogatica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Facilities
* Bus stop
* Truck stop, a type of rest stop for truck dri ...
б , п , пI :
* The consonant н is dropped before
postalveolar
Postalveolar or post-alveolar consonants are consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the ''back'' of the alveolar ridge. Articulation is farther back in the mouth than the alveolar consonants, which are at the ridge itself, but no ...
affricates
An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal). It is often difficult to decide if a stop and fricative form a single phoneme or a consonant pair. ...
дж , ч , кI and before
alveolar Alveolus (; pl. alveoli, adj. alveolar) is a general anatomical term for a concave cavity or pit.
Uses in anatomy and zoology
* Pulmonary alveolus, an air sac in the lungs
** Alveolar cell or pneumocyte
** Alveolar duct
** Alveolar macrophage
* ...
stops
Stop may refer to:
Places
*Stop, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States
* Stop (Rogatica), a village in Rogatica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Facilities
* Bus stop
* Truck stop, a type of rest stop for truck dri ...
д , т , тI :
Aspirated consonants
In the Bzhedug dialect (Like the
Shapsug dialect) there exist a series of
aspirated consonants (/pʰ/ /tʰ/ /ʃʰ/ /t͡sʰ/ /t͡ʃʰ/ /t͡ʂʰ/ /t͡ɕʰʷ/ /kʰʷ/ /qʰ/ /qʰʷ/) that became
plain
In geography, a plain is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and is primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands ...
consonants in other dialects :
* Bzhedug пʰ ↔ п in other dialects :
* Bzhedug тʰ ↔ т in other dialects :
* Bzhedug цʰ ↔ ц in other dialects :
* Bzhedug шʰ ↔ щ in other Adyghe dialects :
* Bzhedug чʰ ↔ ч in other dialects (кь in
Shapsug
The Shapsug ( ady, шапсыгъ , russian: шапсуги, tr, Şapsığlar, ar, الشابسوغ, he, שפסוגים) (also known as the Shapsugh or Shapsogh) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes. Historically, the Shapsug tribe ...
) :
* Bzhedug кʰу ↔ ку in other dialects :
* Bzhedug къʰ ↔ къ in other Adyghe dialects (хъ in Shapsug) :
* Bzhedug къуʰ ↔ къу in other Adyghe dialects (хъу in Shapsug) :
* Bzhedug чъʰу ↔ цу in Temirgoy:
* The consonant х
becomes к
after ш
in Bzhedug:
Grammar differences
Noun instrumental case
In the instrumental case the noun has the suffix мджэ (-md͡ʒa) or -джэ (-d͡ʒa) unlike other dialects (e.g.
Abzakh
The Abzakh ( Circassian: Абдзэх, ''Abdzekh''; Russian: абадзехи; also known as Abdzakhs or Abadzekhs) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. Histori ...
,
Temirgoy
Temirgoy or Chemirgoy or Kemgui ( ady, КIэмгуй, '; or , '; or , '; russian: Темиргоевцы, ') are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. They lived be ...
and
Standard Kabardian) that has the suffix -мкIэ (-mt͡ʃʼa) or -кIэ (-t͡ʃʼa) :
* Bzhedug dialect: КIалэр Адыгэбзэджэ мэгущаIэ ↔ Standard: КIалэр АдыгэбзэкIэ мэгущыIэ - "The boy speaks (using) Adyghe language".
* Bzhedug dialect: Къэлэмымджэ сэтхэ ↔ Standard: КъэлэмымкIэ сэтхэ - "I write (using) with the pencil".
Future tense Suffix ~т (~t)
In this dialect the future tense suffix is ~эт (~at) and in some cases ~ыт (~ət) unlike standard Adyghe (Temirgoy) that has the Suffix ~щт (~ɕt).
Location
Unique words
Sample text
See also
*
Hakuchi Adyghe dialect
Hakuchi (Xakuchi; Хьакӏуцубзэ ''Kh′ak′ucubză'' or Къарацхаибзэ ''Qaracxaibză'' in Hakuchi Adyghe) is a variety of the Shapsugs, Shapsug sub-dialect of West Circassian, West Adyghe dialect of the Adyghe language spoke ...
*
Kfar Kama Adyghe dialect
The Shapsug dialect ( ady, Шапсыгъабзэ; kbd, Шапсыгъэбзэ) is a dialect of Adyghe. The Shapsug dialect is spoken by the Shapsugs, which are one of the largest Circassian population in the diaspora outside Republic of Ady ...
*
Shapsug Adyghe dialect
The Shapsug dialect ( ady, Шапсыгъабзэ; kbd, Шапсыгъэбзэ) is a dialect of Adyghe. The Shapsug dialect is spoken by the Shapsugs, which are one of the largest Circassian population in the diaspora outside Republic of Ady ...
*
Abzakh Adyghe dialect
The Abzakh dialect ( ady, Абдзахабзэ; kbd, Абдзахэбзэ) is one of the Adyghe language dialects. The Abzakh dialect is spoken by the Abzakh which are one of the largest Circassian population in the diaspora outside Republic of ...
*
Baslaney dialect
External links
A song in Bzhedug dialect (Emizh Nurbi - Come Home in peace)A song in Bzhedug dialect (Emizh Nurbi - I want you)
References
{{Reflist
Adyghe language