Hakuchi dialect
| Hakuchi | |
|---|---|
| Къарацхаибзэ | |
| Pronunciation | [qaːraːt͡sxaːjɘbzɐ] |
| Native to | Turkey |
| Ethnicity | Hakuchey |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | xaku1238 |
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.
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
[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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