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| Shapsug Adyghe | |
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| шапсыгъабзэ | |
| Native to | Republic of Adygea, Turkey, Israel (Kfar Kama), Jordan |
| Ethnicity | Shapsugs |
Native speakers | 14,000 (2010) |
Northwest Caucasian
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| Cyrillic script (historically) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | shap1240 |
The Shapsug dialect (Adyghe: Шапсыгъабзэ; Kabardian: Шапсыгъэбзэ) is a dialect of Adyghe.[1] The Shapsug dialect is spoken by the Shapsugs, which are one of the largest Circassian population in the diaspora outside Republic of Adygea, alongside Abzakhs. The Shapsug dialect is very similar to the Natukhai dialect and together, they make the Black Sea coast dialects of Adyghe. The Shapsug dialect consists of three main sub dialects: Great Shapsug (North Shapsug), Small Shapsug (South Shapsug) and Hakuchi. The Shapsug dialect is best known as the dialect with palatalized velar stops.
- ^ Shapsoug dialect Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine (in French)