Kabardian

Kabardian (къэбэрдеибзэ)

Kabardian is a North West Caucasian language with about 650,000
speakers mainly in the Kabardian-Balkar and Karachay-Circassian Republics
of Russia. It is also spoken in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the USA.
Kabardian is also known as East Circassian or Upper Circassian.

Kabardian first appeared in writing in 1923 in a version of the Latin
alphabet. Since 1936 it has been written with the Cyrillic alphabet.
Like other Caucasian languages, Kabardian has very few vowels and a
large number of consonants. Some of the consonants are written using
combinations of as many as four letters.

Kabardian alphabet

Kabardian alphabet

Sample text in Kabardian

ЩӀэдзапӀэм
деж Псалъэр
щыӀащ. Ар Тхьэм
и деж щыӀащ, а
Псалъэри
Тхьэуэ аращ.

Transliteration
Ščlèdzaplèm dež Psalʺèr
ščylašč. Ar Txʹèm i dež
ščylašč, a Psalʺèri Txʹèuè
araš&#269

Translation

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(John 1: 1)

Source: http://www.language-museum.com/k/kabardian.htm

Links

Further details of the Kabardian language
http://languageserver.uni-graz.at/ls/lang?id=3045
http://jurthasan.chat.ru/FAM.HTM

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