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Circassian , also known as Cherkess , is a dialect continuum of the North Caucasus. There are two Circassian languages as defined by their literary standards, Adyghe (, West Circassian), with half a million speakers, and Kabardian (, East Circassian), with a million. The spoken languages, however, merge, with geographically intermediate dialects intelligible to both standards. The earliest extant written records of the Circassian language are in the Arabic script, recorded by the Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi in the 17th century.〔Papşu, Murat (2006). "( Çerkes-Adığe yazısının tarihçesi )". ''Nart, İki Aylık Düşün ve Kültür Dergisi'', Sayı 51, Eylül-Ekim 2006. 〕 The terms "Circassian" and "Cherkess" are sometimes also used as synonyms for the Northwest Caucasian languages in general. ==Circassian dialects== *West Circassian * *The Black Sea coast dialects * * *Zhaney dialect * * *Natukhai dialect () * * *Shapsug dialect () * * * *North Shapsugs, Great Shapsugs, Kuban Shapsugs dialect (Шапсыгъэ шху). * * * *Temirgoy-Shapsugs, Pseuşko accent (Кӏэмгуе-шапсыгъ) * * * *South Shapsugs, Small Shapsugs, Coastal Shapsugs Black Sea Shapsugs (Шапсыгъэ-цӏыкӏу) dialect. * * * *Kfar Kama dialect (Кфар Камэм ишапсыгъэбзэ): Shapsug dialect spoken by the villagers of Kfar Kama in Israel. * * * *Hakuchi dialect (ХьакӀуцубзэ, Къaрaцхaибзэ) * *The Kuban river dialects * * *Bzhedug dialect () : Spoken by the Circassians in Republic of Adygea and Biga. * * *Temirgoy () : Literary Adyghe. Also spoken by the Circassians in Republic of Adygea. * * *Abzakh dialect () : Spoken by the Circassians in Rehaniya in Israel and the Circassians in Syria from Golan Heights. * * *Mamkhegh dialect * * *Yegeruqay dialect * * *Hatuqwai dialect * * *Mequash dialect *East Circassian * *Kabardian * * *West Kabardian * * * *Kuban * * * *Kuban-Zelenchuk (Cherkess) * * * Central Kabardian * * * *Baksan (Basis for the literary language) * * * *Malka * * * Eastern Kabardian * * * *Terek * * * *Mozdok * * * North Kabardian * * * *Mulka * * * *Zabardiqa (1925 until 1991 ''Soviet Zaparika'') * * Baslaney dialect () 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Circassian language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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