Hakuchi (Xakuchi; Хьакӏуцубзэ Kh′ak′ucubză or Къарацхаибзэ Qaracxaibză in Hakuchi Adyghe) is a variety of the Shapsug sub-dialect of West Adyghe dialect of the Adyghe language spoken in Turkey. Since the Hakuchi are considered an isolated Shapsugh clan, their dialect differs little from that of the Shapsugh dialect. Phonology The Hakuchi has an uvular ejective [qʼ] and a labialized uvular ejective [qʷʼ] that correspond to West Adyghe and Kabardian Adyghe glottal stop [ʔ] and labialized glottal stop [ʔʷ]. See also Adyghe language West Adyghe dialect Abzakh Adyghe sub-dialect Bzhedug Adyghe sub-dialect Shapsug Adyghe sub-dialect Ubykh Adyghe dialect Kabardian Adyghe dialect Besleney (Cherkessian) Adyghe sub-dialect References John Colarusso, A grammar of the Kabardian language, University of Calgary Press, 1992, , p. 2 Henricus Joannes Smeets, Studies in West Circassian phonology and morphology, Hakuchi Press, 1984, pp. 3,361,452 Adyghe language Endangered Caucasian languages Languages of Turkey Shapsugs