Hakuchi dialect

Hakuchi
ХьакIуцубзэ Kh′ak′ucubză, Къарацхаибзэ Qaracxaibză
Native to	Turkey
Language family	Northwest Caucasian Circassian Adyghe Shapsug Hakuchi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	xaku1238

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.

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