Hakuchi dialect
Shapsug sub-dialect
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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. It is considered to be the most archaic variety of Adyghe.
| Hakuchi | |
|---|---|
| Къарацхаибзэ | |
| Pronunciation | [qaːraːt͡sxaːjɘbzɐ] |
| Native to | Turkey |
| Ethnicity | Hakuchey |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | xaku1238 |
Since the Hakuchi are considered an isolated Shapsug clan, their dialect differs little from that of the Shapsug dialect. It is also believed that the Hakuchis are a blend of various Circassian tribes: Shapsug, Ubykh, Abdzakh and others. This is why the Hakuchi dialect has some interesting phonetics in it.
Phonology
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 |