Hakuchi (Xakuchi; Хьакӏуцубзэ ''Kh′ak′ucubză'' or Къарацхаибзэ ''Qaracxaibză'' in Hakuchi Adyghe) is a variety of the
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 ...
sub-dialect
Subdialect (from Latin , "under", and Ancient Greek , "discourse") is a linguistic term designating a dialectological category between the levels of dialect and idiolect. Subdialects are basic subdivisions of a dialect. Subdialects can be divide ...
of
West Adyghe dialect
Adyghe ( or ; ady, Адыгабзэ, Adygabzə, ), also known as West Circassian ( ady, link=no, кӏахыбзэ, khaxybzə), is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken by the western subgroups of Circassians. It is spoken mainly in Russia, a ...
of the
Adyghe language
Adyghe ( or ; ady, Адыгабзэ, Adygabzə, ), also known as West Circassian ( ady, link=no, кӏахыбзэ, khaxybzə), is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken by the western subgroups of Circassians. It is spoken mainly in Russia, a ...
spoken in
Turkey.
Since the Hakuchi are considered an isolated Shapsugh clan, their dialect differs little from that of the Shapsugh dialect.
Phonology
The Hakuchi has an
uvular ejective ʼand a
labialized uvular ejective ʷʼref name="adygeya-republic phonetic changes
adygeya-republic phonetic changes Ларингализация/ref> that correspond to
West Adyghe and
Kabardian Adyghe glottal stop
The glottal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents thi ...
and
labialized glottal stop
The glottal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents thi ...
ʷ
See also
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Adyghe language
Adyghe ( or ; ady, Адыгабзэ, Adygabzə, ), also known as West Circassian ( ady, link=no, кӏахыбзэ, khaxybzə), is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken by the western subgroups of Circassians. It is spoken mainly in Russia, a ...
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West Adyghe dialect
Adyghe ( or ; ady, Адыгабзэ, Adygabzə, ), also known as West Circassian ( ady, link=no, кӏахыбзэ, khaxybzə), is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken by the western subgroups of Circassians. It is spoken mainly in Russia, a ...
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Abzakh Adyghe sub-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 o ...
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Bzhedug Adyghe sub-dialect
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Shapsug Adyghe sub-dialect
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Ubykh Adyghe dialect
Ubykh or Päkhy was a Northwest Caucasian languages, Northwest Caucasian language once spoken by the Ubykh people, Ubykh tribe of Circassians who originally lived along the eastern coast of the Black Sea before being deported ''en masse'' to Ott ...
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Kabardian Adyghe dialect
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Besleney (Cherkessian) Adyghe sub-dialect
References
*
John Colarusso, ''A grammar of the Kabardian language'', University of Calgary Press, 1992, , p. 2
* Henricus Joannes Smeets, ''Studies in West Circassian phonology and morphology'', Hakuchi Press, 1984, pp. 3,361,452
Adyghe language
Endangered Caucasian languages
Languages of Turkey
Shapsugs
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