Hakuchi Adyghe dialect

Hakuchi (Xakuchi; Хьакӏуцубзэ [ħaːkʷʼət͡sʷəbza] Kh′ak′ucubză or Къарацхаибзэ Qaracxaibză in Hakuchi Adyghe) is a variety of the Shapsug sub-dialect of West Adyghe dialect of the Adyghe language spoken in Turkey.

Hakuchi
ХьакIуцубзэ Kh′ak′ucubză, Къарацхаибзэ Qaracxaibză
Native toTurkey
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologxaku1238

Since the Hakuchi are considered an isolated Shapsugh clan, their dialect differs little from that of the Shapsugh dialect. Also it is considered, that hakuchis are a mix of fugitive circassians: shapsug, ubykh, abdzah and others. This is why hakuchi dialect has some interesting phonetics in it.

Phonology

The Hakuchi has an uvular ejective [qʼ] and a labialized uvular ejective [qʷʼ][1] that correspond to West Adyghe and Kabardian Adyghe glottal stop [ʔ] and labialized glottal stop [ʔʷ].

Word Hakuchi dialect Ubykh West Adyghe Kabardian
IPA Cyrillic IPA Cyrillic IPA Cyrillic
twotʼqʷʼəтӏыкъӏуtʼqʷʼɜtʷʼəтӏуtʼəwтӏу
to sayqʼanкъӏон (къӏуэн)qʼɜʔʷanӏонʔʷanӏуэн
handqʼaкъӏэq'ɐp'ɜʔaӏэʔaӏэ
tableqʼaːnaкъӏанэʂɜ'nɨʔaːnaӏанэʔaːnaӏанэ
hatpaːqʷʼaпакъӏо (пакъӏуэ)bˤɜ'qˤʼɨpaːʔʷaпаӏо ? ?

See also

References

  • John Colarusso, A grammar of the Kabardian language, University of Calgary Press, 1992, ISBN 0-919813-99-2, p. 2
  • Henricus Joannes Smeets, Studies in West Circassian phonology and morphology, Hakuchi Press, 1984, pp. 3,361,452


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