Editing Adyghe language (section)

{{Short description|Northwest Caucasian language}}
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{{Infobox language
| name             = Adyghe
| altname          = West Circassian
| nativename       = {{lang|ady|Адыгабзэ}}
| states           = [[Adygea]]<br />[[Krasnodar Krai]]
| ethnicity        = [[Circassians]], [[Cherkesogai]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|605,400|2}}
| date             = 2010–2020
| ref              = e25
| familycolor      = Caucasian
| fam1             = [[Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]]
| fam2             = [[Circassian languages|Circassian]]
| script           = [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]]<br />[[Latin script|Latin]]<br />[[Perso-Arabic script]]
| nation           = {{flag|Russia}}
* {{flag|Adygea}}
| iso2             = ady
| iso3             = ady
| map              = Adyghe in Adygea (2002).png
| mapcaption       = Distribution of the Adyghe language in Adygea, Russia (2002){{image reference needed|date=November 2022}}
| notice           = IPA
| glotto           = adyg1241
| glottorefname    = Adyghe
| map2             = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Adyghe is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/russian-federation/languages/adyghe |title=Adyghe in Russian Federation |work=UNESCO WAL |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-date=25 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625213131/https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/russian-federation/languages/adyghe |url-status=live }}</ref>}}}}
| minority         = {{flagcountry|Jordan}}<br />{{flagcountry|Syria|1932}}<br />{{Flagcountry|Israel}}
*[[Kfar Kama]]
*[[Rehaniya]]
{{flagcountry|Rojava}}
| dia11            = [[Makhosh]] ({{extinct}})
| dia12            = [[Ademey]] ({{extinct}})
| dia5             = [[Natukhajs|Natukhaj]] ({{extinct}})
| dia9             = [[Hakuchi Adyghe dialect|Hakuchi]]
| dia8             = [[Yegeruqwai]]
| dia7             = '''[[Chemirgoys|Temirgoy]]''' (standard dialect)
| dia6             = [[Shapsug Adyghe dialect|Shapsug]]
| dia2             = [[Bzhedug Adyghe dialect|Bzhedug]]
| dia4             = [[Mamkhegh]]
| dia3             = [[Hatuqwai]]
| dia1             = [[Abzakh Adyghe dialect|Abdzakh]]
| ancestor2        = [[Proto-Circassian language|Proto-Circassian]]
| ancestor         = [[Proto-Northwest Caucasian language|Proto-Northwest Caucasian]]
| dia10            = [[Zhaney]]{{extinct}}
| image            = Adyghe in Cyrillic and Perso-Arabic.png
| imagecaption     = Ādəɣābză (Adyghe) written in the [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] script, the [[Adyghe_language#Latin_Alphabet_in_Turkey_(ABX_Alphabet)|ABX Latin script]] and the now-defunct [[Persian alphabet|Perso-Arabic]] variant
}}
{{Circassians}}
[[File:WIKITONGUES- Yinal speaking Adyghe and Kabardian.webm|thumb|Yinal speaking Adyghe.]]
'''Adyghe''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|d|ɪ|ɡ|eɪ}} or {{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɑː|d|ɪ|ˈ|ɡ|eɪ}};<ref>{{OED|Adyghe}}</ref>{{efn|{{langx|ady|Адыгабзэ|Ādəɣābză|link=no}}, {{IPA|ady|aːdɘɣaːbzɜ|}}}} also known as '''West Circassian''') is a [[Northwest Caucasian language]] spoken by the western subgroups of [[Circassians]].<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/27977779/%C3%87ERKES_D%C4%B0YALEKTLER%C4%B0 Aydın, Şamil Emre (2015), Çerkes Diyalektleri] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527174302/https://www.academia.edu/27977779/%C3%87ERKES_D%C4%B0YALEKTLER%C4%B0 |date=27 May 2020 }} {{ISBN|978-605-65691-1-1}}</ref> It is spoken mainly in [[Russia]], as well as in [[Turkey]], [[Jordan]], [[Syria]], [[Iraq]] and [[Israel]], where [[Circassia]]ns settled after the [[Circassian genocide]] ({{Circa|1864}}–1870) by the [[Russian Empire]]. It is closely related to the [[Kabardian language|Kabardian (East Circassian) language]], though some reject the distinction between the two languages in favor of both being [[dialect]]s of a unitary [[Circassian languages|Circassian language]].

The literary standard of Adyghe is based on its [[Temirgoy]] dialect. Adyghe and [[Russian language|Russian]] are the two official languages of the [[Adygea|Republic of Adygea]] in the [[Russian Federation]].

In Russia, there are around 128,000 speakers of Adyghe, almost all of them native speakers. In total, some 300,000 speak it worldwide. The largest Adyghe-speaking community is in [[Turkey]], spoken by the [[diaspora]] from the [[Russo-Circassian War|Russian–Circassian War]] ({{circa|1763}}–1864). In addition, the Adyghe language is spoken by the [[Cherkesogai]] in [[Krasnodar Krai]].

Adyghe belongs to the family of [[Northwest Caucasian languages]]. [[Kabardian language|Kabardian]] (also known as East Circassian) is a very close relative, treated by some as a dialect of Adyghe or of an overarching [[Circassian language]]. [[Ubykh language|Ubykh]], [[Abkhaz language|Abkhaz]] and [[Abaza language|Abaza]] are somewhat more distantly related to Adyghe.