Hakuchi Adyghe dialect

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

Hakuchi (Xakuchi; Хьакӏуцубзэ [ħaːkʷʼət͡sʷəbza] 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.

Phonology

The Hakuchi dialect has an uvular ejective [qʼ] and a labialized uvular ejective [qʷʼ] that correspond to Adyghe and Kabardian glottal stop [ʔ] and labialized glottal stop [ʔʷ].

Word	Hakuchi dialect		Ubykh	Adyghe		Kabardian
	IPA	Cyrillic		IPA	Cyrillic	IPA	Cyrillic
two	tʼqʷʼə	тӏыкъӏу	tʼqʷʼa	tʷʼə	тӏу	tʼəw	тӏу
to say	qʼan	къӏон (къӏуэн)	qʼan	ʔʷan	ӏон	ʔʷan	ӏуэн
hand	qʼa	къӏэ	q'a:p'a	ʔa	ӏэ	ʔa	ӏэ
table	qʼaːna	къӏанэ	?	ʔaːna	ӏанэ	ʔaːna	ӏанэ
hat	paːqʷʼa	пакъӏо (пакъӏуэ)	?	paːʔʷa	паӏо	?	?

See also

• Bzhedug Adyghe Dialect
• Kfar Kama Adyghe dialect
• Shapsug Adyghe dialect
• Abzakh Adyghe 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