Hakuchi Adyghe dialect

Hakuchi Adyghe
ХьакIуцубзэ Kh′ak′ucubză, Къaрaцхaибзэ Qaracxaibză
Spoken in	Turkey
Language family	Northwest Caucasian Circassian Adyghe Shapsugh Hakuchi Adyghe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Hakuchi Adyghe (ХьакIуцубзэ Kh′ak′ucubză or Къaрaцхaибзэ Qaracxaibză in Hakuchi Adyghe) is a subdialect of the Shapsugh dialect of Adyghe spoken in Turkey.

The dialect is phonologically peculiar when compared to the other Adyghe dialects. Its lexicon and consonantal system are substantially affected by the Ubykh language, the first language of many Hakuchi speakers before its death. Hakuchi Adyghe is one of the most divergent dialects from the literary dialect of Adyghe.

References

• John Colarusso, "A grammar of the Kabardian language", University of Calgary Press, 1992, ISBN 0919813992, p. 2
• Henricus Joannes Smeets, "Studies in West Circassian phonology and morphology", Hakuchi Press, 1984, pp. 3,361,452