Беслъэнейхэр | |
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  Thetamga of the Kanoqo princely dynasty of the Besleney and theCircassian flag | |
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| Circassian (Besleney Kabardian dialect),Turkish,Russian | |
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| Islam (Sunni Islam) |
TheBesleney (Circassian: Беслъэней,Kabardian pronunciation:[basɬənəj];Russian:Бесленеевцы) are one of the twelve majorCircassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-goldCircassian flag.[1] By character, culture and language, the Besleney are closest toKabardians.[2] The noble families of the Besleney were Kanoko and Shaloho, ancestors of Kabardian Prince Beslan, (the son of legendaryPrince Inal),[3] who established his own tribe of the same name.
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The majority of the Besleney live in the valley ofBolshaya andMalayaLaba Rivers and on the bank ofUrup in the Russian Republics ofKarachay-Cherkessia,Krasnodar Krai andAdygea.[4] They also extend to the valleys of Chetem, Fars, Psefir,Kuban (Western Circassia).
The Besleney people speak the Besleney sub-dialect (Adyghe:Бэслъыныйбзэ) of theKabardian Adyghe dialect (East Circassian). However, because the Besleney tribe lived at the center ofCircassia, the Besleney dialect also shares a large number of features with dialects of theWest Adyghe dialect. Like the AdygheShapsug sub-dialect, there exist a palatalizedvoiced velar plosive[ɡʲ], a palatalizedvoiceless velar plosive[kʲ] and a palatalizedvelar ejective[kʲʼ], which were merged to[d͡ʒ],[t͡ʃ] and[t͡ʃʼ] in other Circassian dialects.[5] The Besleney dialect also has analveolar lateral ejective affricate[t͡ɬʼ], which corresponds to analveolar lateral ejective fricative[ɬʼ] in most other varieties of Circassian.[6] The Besleney dialect has avoiceless glottal fricative [h] that corresponds to[x] in other Circassian dialects.[7]
| Meaning | Besleney sub-dialect | Standard Kabardian | Standard Adyghe | Shapsug sub-dialect | ||||
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| Cyrillic | IPA | Cyrillic | IPA | Cyrillic | IPA | Cyrillic | IPA | |
| horse | чъы | [t͡ʂɘ] | шы | [ʃɘ] | шы | [ʃɘ] | шы | [ʃɘ] |
| sister | чъыпхъу | [t͡ʂɘpχʷ] | шыпхъу | [ʃɘpχʷ] | шыпхъу | [ʃɘpχʷ] | шыпхъу | [ʃɘpχʷ] |
| wedding | нысачъэ | [nɘsaːt͡ʂɐ] | нысашэ | [nɘsaːʃɐ] | нысашэ | [nɘsaːʃɐ] | нысашэ | [nɘsaːʃɐ] |
| day | махуэ | [maːxʷɐ] | махуэ | [maːxʷɐ] | мафэ | [maːfɐ] | мафэ | [maːfɐ] |
| black | фӏыцӏэ | [fʼɘt͡sʼɐ] | фӏыцӏэ | [fʼɘt͡sʼɐ] | шӏуцӏэ | [ʃʷʼɘt͡sʼɐ] | шӏусӏэ | [ʃʷʼɘsʼɐ] |
| shirt, dress | гьанэ | [ɡʲaːnɐ] | джанэ | [d͡ʒaːnɐ] | джанэ | [d͡ʒaːnɐ] | гьанэ | [ɡʲaːnɐ] |
| tree | джыг | [d͡ʒɘɣ] | жыг | [ʒɘɣ] | чъыгы | [t͡ʂɘɡɘ] | чъыгы | [t͡ʃɘɣɘ] |
| four | птлӏы | [pt͡ɬʼɘː] | плӏы | [pɬʼɘː] | плӏы | [pɬʼɘː] | плӏы | [pɬʼɘː] |
| man | тлӏы | [t͡ɬʼɘː] | лӏы | [ɬʼɘː] | лӏы | [ɬʼɘː] | лӏы | [ɬʼɘː] |
| chicken | гьэд | [gɐd] | джэд | [d͡ʒɐd] | чэты | [t͡ʃɐtɘ] | кьэт | [kʲɐt] |
| tail, seed | кӏьэ | [kʲʼɐ] | кӏэ | [t͡ʃʼɐ] | кӏэ | [t͡ʃʼɐ] | кӏьэ | [kʲʼɐ] |
| young man, boy | кӏалэ | [t͡ʃʼaːlɐ] | щӏалэ | [ɕʼaːɮɐ] | кӏалэ | [t͡ʃʼaːɮɐ] | кӏалэ | [t͡ʃʼaːlɐ] |
| new | кӏэ | [t͡ʃʼɐ] | щӏэ | [ɕʼɐ] | кӏэ | [t͡ʃʼɐ] | кӏэ | [t͡ʃʼɐ] |
The 12 Circassian tribes: Abadzeh Besleney Bzhedug Yegeruqay Zhaney Kabarday Mamheg Natuhay Temirgoy Ubyh Shapsug Hatukay. The twelve stars on the Adyghe Flag also refers to the twelve tribes.
