Hakuchi dialect

Hakuchi (Adyghe: ХьакӀуцубзэ [ħaːkʷʼɘt͡sʷɘbzɐ] or Къарацхаибзэ [qaːraːt͡sxaːjɘbzɐ] in Hakuchi Adyghe) is a variety of the Shapsug sub-dialect of West Adyghe dialect of the Adyghe language spoken in Turkey.

Hakuchi
ХьакIуцубзэ Къарацхаибзэ
Native to	Turkey
Language family	Northwest Caucasian Circassian Adyghe Shapsug Hakuchi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	xaku1238

Since the Hakuchi are considered an isolated Shapsug clan, their dialect differs little from that of the Shapsug dialect. It is also believed that Hakuchis are a blend of various Circassian tribes: Shapsug, Ubykh, Abdzakh 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] 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
two	[tʼqʷʼə]	тӀыкъӀу	tʼqʷʼɜ	[tʷʼə]	тӀу	[tʼəw]	тӀу
to say	[qʷʼan]	къӀон (къӀуэн)	qʼɜ	[ʔʷan]	Ӏон	[ʔʷan]	Ӏуэн
hand	[qʼa]	къӀэ	q'ɐp'ɜ	[ʔa]	Ӏэ	[ʔa]	Ӏэ
table	[qʼaːna]	къӀанэ	ʂɜ'nɨ	[ʔaːna]	Ӏанэ	[ʔana]	Ӏэнэ
hat	[paːqʷʼa]	пакъӀо (пакъӀуэ)	bˤɜ'qˤʼɨ	[paːʔʷa]	паӀо	[pəʔa]	пыIэ

See also

• Adyghe language
  • West Adyghe dialect
    • Abzakh Adyghe sub-dialect
    • Bzhedug Adyghe sub-dialect
    • Shapsug Adyghe sub-dialect
  • Ubykh Adyghe dialect
  • Kabardian Adyghe dialect
    • Besleney (Cherkessian) Adyghe sub-dialect

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