Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language

E177585
Northwest Caucasian language natural language subject–object–verb language

The Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Circassian (Adyghe) people in the North Caucasus and diaspora communities, noted for its complex consonant system and rich oral tradition.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kabardian 3
Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language canonical 1
Kabardian language 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Caucasian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
subject–object–verb language ⓘ
alternativeName East Circassian ⓘ
Kabardian ⓘ
Kabardino-Cherkess ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Adyghe language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Adyghe ⓘ
surface form: Adyghe people

Circassians ⓘ
family Northwest Caucasian languages ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Caucasian
glottocode kaba1278 ⓘ
hasFeature complex consonant clusters ⓘ
complex consonant inventory ⓘ
ergative alignment ⓘ
folklore narratives ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
prefixing morphology ⓘ
relatively small vowel inventory ⓘ
rich oral tradition ⓘ
rich system of consonant phonemes ⓘ
rich verbal agreement ⓘ
traditional epic poetry ⓘ
ISO639-3 kbd ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Circassian branch of Northwest Caucasian ⓘ
languageOf Kabardino-Balkaria ⓘ
Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ
partOf Northwest Caucasian languages ⓘ
surface form: Circassian language continuum
spokenIn Republic of Adygea ⓘ
surface form: Adygea

Jordan ⓘ
Kabardino-Balkaria ⓘ
Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation

Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
diaspora communities ⓘ
status regional language in parts of the Russian Federation ⓘ
subclassOf Northwest Caucasian languages ⓘ
surface form: Circassian languages

Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kabardian language
typology head-marking language ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Circassians ⓘ
education (regional) ⓘ
literature ⓘ
media (regional) ⓘ
vitality vulnerable (varies by region) ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin script (diaspora usage) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karachay-Cherkessia → hasOfficialLanguage → Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language ⓘ
Nalchik → languageCommonlySpoken → Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kabardian
Northwest Caucasian languages → hasMember → Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kabardian
Northwest Caucasian languages → hasNotableLanguage → Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kabardian
Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language → subclassOf → Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kabardian language