Circassian language
Circassian /sərˈkæsiən/, also known as Cherkess /tʃərˈkɛs/, is a dialect continuum of the North Caucasus. There are two Circassian languages as defined by their literary standards, Adyghe (КӀахыбзэ, West Circassian), with half a million speakers, and Kabardian (Къэбэрдейбзэ, East Circassian), with a million. The spoken languages, however, merge, with geographically intermediate dialects intelligible to both standards. The earliest extant written records of the Circassian language are in the Arabic script, recorded by the Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi in the 17th century.
The terms "Circassian" and "Cherkess" are sometimes also used as synonyms for the Northwest Caucasian languages in general.
Circassian dialects
- The Black Sea coast dialects
- Zhaney dialect
- Natukhai dialect (Adyghe: Нэтӏхъуаджэбзэ)
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Shapsug dialect (Adyghe: Шапсыгъабзэ)
- North Shapsugs, Great Shapsugs, Kuban Shapsugs dialect (Шапсыгъэ шху).
- Temirgoy-Shapsugs, Pseuşko accent (Кӏэмгуе-шапсыгъ)
- South Shapsugs, Small Shapsugs, Coastal Shapsugs Black Sea Shapsugs (Шапсыгъэ-цӏыкӏу) dialect.
- Kfar Kama dialect (Кфар Камэм ишапсыгъэбзэ): Shapsug dialect spoken by the villagers of Kfar Kama in Israel.
- Hakuchi dialect (ХьакӀуцубзэ, Къaрaцхaибзэ)
- The Kuban river dialects
- Bzhedug dialect (Adyghe: Бжъэдыгъубзэ) : Spoken by the Circassians in Republic of Adygea and Biga.
- Temirgoy (Adyghe: КӀэмыгуябзэ, КӀэмгуибзэ) : Literary Adyghe. Also spoken by the Circassians in Republic of Adygea.
- Abzakh dialect (Adyghe: Aбдзэхабзэ) : Spoken by the Circassians in Rehaniya in Israel and the Circassians in Syria from Golan Heights.
- Mamkhegh dialect
- Yegeruqay dialect
- Hatuqwai dialect
- Mequash dialect
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Circassian_language
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