Besleney

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Besleney villages of Circassia around 1830–1850; "1" denotes nine villages resettled from the mountains by General Gregory von Saß [es; ru; hu]; "2" denotes villages whose names are unknown; The area of village concentration in the upper reaches of the Laba River tributaries is now part of Krasnodar Krai between Adygea to the north and Karachay-Cherkessia to the south

The Besleney (Circassian: Bеслъэней, IPA: [basɬənəj]; Russian: Бесленеевцы) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag.[1] By character, culture and language, the Besleney are closest to Kabardians.[2] The noble families of the Besleney were Kanoko and Shaloho, ancestors of Kabardian Prince Beslan, (the son of legendary Prince Inal),[citation needed] who established his own tribe of the same name.

Population

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Historical locations of Circassian tribes

The majority of the Besleney live in the valley of Bolshaya and Malaya Laba Rivers and on the bank of Urup in the Russian Republics of Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar Krai and Adygea.[3] They also extend to the valleys of Chetem, Fars, Psefir, Kuban (Western Circassia).

Language

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Main article: Besleney Kabardian dialect

The Besleney people speak the Besleney sub-dialect (Adyghe: Бэслъыныйбзэ) of the Kabardian Adyghe dialect (East Circassian). However, because the Besleney tribe lived at the center of Circassia, the Besleney dialect also shares a large number of features with dialects of the West Adyghe dialect. Like the Adyghe Shapsug sub-dialect, there exist a palatalized voiced velar plosive [ɡʲ], a palatalized voiceless velar plosive [kʲ] and a palatalized velar ejective [kʲʼ], which were merged to [d͡ʒ], [t͡ʃ] and [t͡ʃʼ] in other Circassian dialects.[4] The Besleney dialect also has an alveolar lateral ejective affricate [t͡ɬʼ], which corresponds to an alveolar lateral ejective fricative [ɬʼ] in most other varieties of Circassian.[5] The Besleney dialect has a voiceless glottal fricative [h] that corresponds to [x] in other Circassian dialects.[6]

Meaning Besleney sub-dialect Standard Kabardian Standard Adyghe Shapsug sub-dialect
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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Circassians". Adiga-home.net. 2010. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2016. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ John Colarusso. A Grammar of the Kabardian Language University of Calgary Press, 1992. p. 12. ISBN 9780919813991 "This highly divergent dialect..."
  3. ^ James Stuart Olson, et al., eds. "Adyghe".An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. Greenwood Publishing, 1994. p. 15. ISBN 9780313274978 "The Beslenei (Beslenej) are located between the upper Urup and Khozdya rivers, and along the Middle Laba River, in the western reaches of the North Caucasus."
  4. ^ Консонантная система уляпского говора в сопоставлении с аналогами других диалектов адыгских языков (in Russian)
  5. ^ UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive - Recording Details for Kabardian Baslanei dialect. In the first word list called kbd_word-list_1970_01.html the words "man" and "quarter" are pronounced as /t͡ɬʼə/ and /pt͡ɬʼaːna/ compare to Standard Kabardian /ɬʼə/ and /pɬʼaːna/
  6. ^ Консонантная система уляпского говора в сопоставлении с аналогами других диалектов адыгских языков (in Russian)
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