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The Bzhedug dialect (Adyghe: Бжъэдыгъубзэ) is a dialect of Adyghe.[1] The Bzhedug dialect is spoken by the Bzhedugs who live mostly in Adygea and Biga.

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Phonology

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Dropped consonants

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.[2]

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Aspirated consonants

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 [] ↔ п [p] in other dialects :
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  • Bzhedug тʰ [] ↔ т [t] in other dialects :
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  • Bzhedug цʰ [t͡sʰ] ↔ ц [t͡s] in other dialects :
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  • Bzhedug шʰ [ʃʰ] ↔ щ [ɕ] in other Adyghe dialects :
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  • Bzhedug кʰу [kʷʰ] ↔ ку [] in other dialects :
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  • Bzhedug къʰ [] ↔ къ [q] in other Adyghe dialects (хъ [χ] in Shapsug) :
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  • Bzhedug къуʰ [qʷʰ] ↔ къу [] in other Adyghe dialects (хъу [χʷ] in Shapsug) :
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  • The consonant х [х] becomes к [k] after ш [ʃ] in Bzhedug:
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Grammar

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Noun instrumental case

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".

Future tense Suffix ~т (~t)

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).

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Vocabulary

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Sample text

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The North Wind and the Sun, written in Bzhedug:

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