Bzhedugh dialect

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The Bzhedug dialect (Adyghe: Бжъэдыгъубзэ) is a dialect of Adyghe. The Bzhedug dialect is spoken by the Bzhedugs who live mostly in Adygea and Biga.

In the Bzhedug dialect (as in the Northern Shapsug dialect) in some cases the consonants н [n], м [m] and р [r] are dropped and are not pronounced.

• The consonant м [m] is dropped before bilabial stops б [b], п [p], пI [pʼ] :

• The consonant н [n] is dropped before postalveolar affricates дж [d͡ʒ], ч [t͡ʃ], кI [t͡ʃʼ] and before alveolar stops д [d], т [t], тI [tʼ] :

In the Bzhedug dialect (Like the Shapsug dialect) there exist a series of aspirated consonants (/pʰ/ /tʰ/ /ʃʰ/ /t͡sʰ/ /t͡ʃʰ/ /t͡ʂʰ/ /t͡ɕʷʰ/ /kʷʰ/ /qʰ/ /qʷʰ/) that became plain consonants in other dialects :

• Bzhedug пʰ [pʰ] ↔ п [p] in other dialects :

• Bzhedug тʰ [tʰ] ↔ т [t] in other dialects :

• Bzhedug цʰ [t͡sʰ] ↔ ц [t͡s] in other dialects :

• Bzhedug шʰ [ʃʰ] ↔ щ [ɕ] in other Adyghe dialects :

• Bzhedug чʰ [t͡ʃʰ] ↔ ч [t͡ʃ] in other dialects (кь [kʲ] in Shapsug) :

• Bzhedug кʰу [kʷʰ] ↔ ку [kʷ] in other dialects :

• Bzhedug къʰ [qʰ] ↔ къ [q] in other Adyghe dialects (хъ [χ] in Shapsug) :

• Bzhedug къуʰ [qʷʰ] ↔ къу [qʷ] in other Adyghe dialects (хъу [χʷ] in Shapsug) :

• Bzhedug чъʰу [t͡ɕʷʰ] ↔ цу [t͡sʷ] in Temirgoy:

• The consonant х [х] becomes к [k] after ш [ʃ] in Bzhedug:

In the instrumental case the noun has the suffix мджэ (-md͡ʒa) or -джэ (-d͡ʒa) unlike other dialects (e.g. Abzakh, Temirgoy and Standard Kabardian) that has the suffix -мкIэ (-mt͡ʃʼa) or -кIэ (-t͡ʃʼa) :

• Bzhedug dialect: КIалэр Адыгэбзэджэ мэгущаIэ ↔ Standard: КIалэр АдыгэбзэкIэ мэгущыIэ – "The boy speaks (using) Adyghe language".
• Bzhedug dialect: Къэлэмымджэ сэтхэ ↔ Standard: КъэлэмымкIэ сэтхэ – "I write (using) with the pencil".

In this dialect the future tense suffix is ~эт (~at) and in some cases ~ыт (~ət) unlike standard Adyghe (Temirgoy) that has the Suffix ~щт (~ɕt).

The North Wind and the Sun, written in Bzhedug:

• Hakuchi Adyghe dialect
• Kfar Kama Adyghe dialect
• Shapsug Adyghe dialect
• Abzakh Adyghe dialect
• Baslaney dialect

• A song in Bzhedug dialect (Emizh Nurbi – Come Home in peace)
• A song in Bzhedug dialect (Emizh Nurbi – I want you)