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
Pronunciation[qaːraːt͡sxaːjɘbzɐ]
Native toTurkey
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologxaku1238

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

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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 [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

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References

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  • 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