TheBesleney Kabardian dialect (Adyghe:Беслъэнеибзэ,Besłæneibzæ [bejsɬanejəbza]) is one of the East Circassian dialects and usually considered a dialect ofKabardian. However, because the Besleney tribe lived at the center ofCircassia, the Besleney dialect also shares a large number of features with dialects ofWestern Circassian.

Like some other Kabardian dialects, the Besleney dialect has a palatalizedvoiced velar stop[ɡʲ]⟨гь⟩, a palatalizedvoiceless velar stop[kʲ]⟨кь⟩ and a palatalizedvelar ejective[kʲʼ]⟨кӏь⟩ that were merged with дж[d͡ʒ], ч[t͡ʃ] and кӏ[t͡ʃʼ] in most Circassian dialects.^[1]

• Besleney гь[ɡʲ] became дж[d͡ʒ] in other dialects:

• Besleney кь[kʲ] became ч[t͡ʃ] in other dialects:

• Besleney кӏь[kʲʼ] became кӏ[t͡ʃʼ] in other dialects:

Thepalato-alveolar affricate consonants дж[d͡ʒ], ч[t͡ʃ] and кӏ[t͡ʃʼ] and theretroflex affricate consonants чъ[ʈʂ] and чӏ[ʈʂʼ] becamepalato-alveolar дж[d͡ʒ], дж[d͡ʒ], кӏ[t͡ʃʼ], дж[d͡ʒ] and кӏ[t͡ʃʼ] in Besleney while in Kabardian they becamealveolo-palatal ж[ʒ], ж[ʒ], щӏ[ɕʼ], ж[ʒ] and щӏ[ɕʼ].^[2][3]

• Western ч[t͡ʃ] became дж[d͡ʒ] in Besleney and ж[ʒ] in Kabardian :

• Western кӏ[t͡ʃʼ] survived in Besleney and became щӏ[ɕʼ] in Kabardian :

• Western чъ[ʈʂ] became дж[d͡ʒ] in Besleney and ж[ʒ] in Kabardian :

• Besleney чъ[t͡ʂ] ↔ ш[ʃ] in other dialects:

• Hakuchi Adyghe dialect
• Shapsug Adyghe dialect
• Bzhedug Adyghe Dialect
• Abzakh Adyghe dialect

• UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive - Recording Details for Kabardian Beslenei dialect

• Kabardian language

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