Cannabaceae

Hakuchi
ХьакIуцубзэ
Къарацхаибзэ
Pronunciation[qaːraːt͡sxaːjɘbzɐ]
Native toTurkey
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologxaku1238

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.

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[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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


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