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Alphabet. Adyghe language (also known as West Circassian, Adyghe: КӀахыбзэ; Kʼaxıbzə, Russian: Адыгейский язык) — The language of the west Circassian tribes: Shapsug, Abzakh, Natukhai, Bzhedug, Temirgoy. The Alphabet is based on the Temirgoy dialect. The Circassian alphabet was created in 1918 by the Kabardian ...
- Circassians
The Circassians or Circassian people, also called Cherkess...
- Proto-Circassian language
Proto-Circassian had a labialized voiceless velar fricative...
- Circassia
Circassia [b] ( / sɜːrˈkæʃə / sir-KASH-ə ), also known as...
- Circassians
Adyghe ( / ˈædɪɡeɪ / or / ˌɑːdɪˈɡeɪ /; [3] [a] also known as West Circassian) is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken by the western subgroups of Circassians. [4] It is spoken mainly in Russia, as well as in Turkey, Jordan, Syria and Israel, where Circassians settled after the Circassian genocide ( c.1864 –1870) by the Russian ...
- 610,000 (2010–2020)
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Kabardian is a North West Caucasian language with about 650,000 speakers mainly in the Kabardian-Balkar and Karachay-Circassian Republics of Russia. It is also spoken in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the USA. Kabardian is also known as East Circassian or Upper Circassian. Kabardian first appeared in writing in 1923 in a version of the Latin ...
Circassian may refer to: Circassia, a former geographical region located in present-day European Russia, Northern Caucasus. Circassian coast, on the Black Sea. Circassians, also known as Adyghe people. Circassian diaspora. Circassian language, a Northwest Caucasian language or subgroup of languages. Circassians (historical ethnonym), a term ...
