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 to | Turkey |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | xaku1238 |
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 edit
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 | ||
| two | tʼqʷʼə | тӏыкъӏу | tʼqʷʼɜ | tʷʼə | тӏу | tʼəw | тӏу |
| to say | qʼan | къӏон (къӏуэн) | qʼɜ | ʔʷan | ӏон | ʔʷan | ӏуэн |
| hand | qʼa | къӏэ | q'ɐp'ɜ | ʔa | ӏэ | ʔa | ӏэ |
| table | qʼaːna | къӏанэ | ʂɜ'nɨ | ʔaːna | ӏанэ | ʔaːna | ӏанэ |
| hat | paːqʷʼa | пакъӏо (пакъӏуэ) | bˤɜ'qˤʼɨ | paːʔʷa | паӏо | ? | ? |
See also edit
References edit
- 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