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Хьатыкъуайхэр, Хьатыкъоехэр | |
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![]() Family symbols (tamigha) of some Hatuqway families | |
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Total population | |
5,650 (estimate)[citation needed] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | ~5,000[citation needed] |
![]() | ~200[citation needed] |
![]() | ~200 (estimate)[citation needed] |
![]() | ~100 (estimate)[citation needed] |
![]() | ~100[citation needed] |
![]() | ~50[citation needed] |
Languages | |
Adyghe, Turkish, Russian, English, Arabic, Hebrew, German | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Adyghe tribes |
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The Hatuqway[1][a] are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag.[2][3] They were known for their art of war as a warrior tribe. After the Russo-Circassian War, their presence in the Caucasus was destroyed during the Circassian genocide, and their number was significantly decreased and today they exist only in small communities in various diasporas, and their names are not mentioned anymore in Circassian dialectology.[4]
... or Pontic branch, consisting of Abkhaz, Ubykh, and Circassian proper (or Adyghe). The Circassians themselves are divided into some fifteen different clans, including the Abadsakh, Besliney, Bjedoogh, Hatukay, Kabardey, Kamurggoi, Shapsoogh, and Ubykh.
The 12 Circassian tribes: Abadzeh Besleney Bzhedug Yegeruqay Zhaney Kabarday Mamheg Natuhay Temirgoy Ubyh Shapsug Hatukay. The twelve stars on the Adyghe Flag also refers to the twelve tribes.
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