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kbdKabardian  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • The Kabardian language, also known as East Circassian (see: Circassian language), is a Northwest Caucasian language, closely related to the Adyghe language. It is spoken mainly in the Russian republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia (the native territories) and in Turkey and the Middle East (the extensive post-war diaspora). It has 47 or 48 consonant phonemes of which 22 or 23 are fricatives, depending upon whether one counts as phonemic, but this is contrasted with just three phonemic vowels. It is one of very few languages to possess a clear phonemic distinction between ejective affricates and ejective fricatives.

Entry terms

  • Kabardian language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • kbd

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • kbd

ISO 639-3 code

  • kbd

In other languages

  • Kabardies

    Afrikaans

  • الكاباردايان

    Arabic

  • kabardca

    Azerbaijani

  • Kabardin-çərkəz dili
  • কাবার্ডিয়ান

    Bangla

  • कबार्डी भाषा

    Bodo

  • кабардијски

    Bosnian

  • kabardeg

    Breton

  • кабардиан

    Bulgarian

  • kabardí

    Catalan

  • Kabardí
  • 卡巴尔达语

    Chinese

  • kabardian

    Croatian

  • Kabardinski jezik
  • kabardinština

    Czech

  • kabardian

    Danish

  • Kabardisch

    Dutch

  • Kabarda lingvo

    Esperanto

  • kabardi-tšerkessi

    Estonian

  • Kabardi-tšerkessi keel
  • kabardiagbe

    Ewe

  • Finnish

  • Kabardin kieli
  • Kabarde

    French

  • kabardien
  • kabardin
  • ყაბარდოული ენა

    Georgian

  • Kabardinisch

    German

  • Kabardinische Sprache
  • Καμπαρντιανά

    Greek

  • કબાર્ડિયન

    Gujarati

  • קברדית

    Hebrew

  • קברדינית
  • कबार्डियन

    Hindi

  • kabardi

    Hungarian

  • kabardíska

    Icelandic

  • Kabardi

    Indonesian

  • kabardia

    Italian

  • Lingua cabarda
  • カバルド語

    Japanese

  • Адыгэбзэ

    Kabardian

  • ಕಬರ್ಡಿಯನ್

    Kannada

  • Къабарты-черкес тил

    Karachay-Balkar

  • کَبارڈِیَن

    Kashmiri

  • Кабарда-черкес кыв

    Komi

  • 카바르디어

    Korean

  • Zimanên çerkezî

    Kurdish

  • ກາບາດຽນ

    Lao

  • kabardiešu

    Latvian

  • kabardinų

    Lithuanian

  • Kabardinų kalba
  • кабардиски

    Macedonian

  • Кабардински јазик
  • കബർഡിയാൻ

    Malayalam

  • Kabardian

    Maltese

  • कबार्डियन

    Marathi

  • kabardisk

    Norwegian Bokmål

  • kabardisk

    Norwegian Nynorsk

  • କାବାର୍ଡିଆନ୍

    Odia

  • кӕсгон

    Ossetic

  • Кæсгон-черкесаг æвзаг
  • کاباردینی

    Persian

  • زبان کاباردی
  • Lenga Kabardian

    Piedmontese

  • kabardyjski

    Polish

  • Język kabardyjski
  • kabardiano

    Portuguese

  • kabardian

    Romanian

  • kabardic

    Romansh

  • кабардинский

    Russian

  • Кабардино-черкесский язык
  • Кабардијски

    Serbian

  • kabardčina

    Slovak

  • Kabardo-čerkeština
  • kabardinščina

    Slovenian

  • kabardiano

    Spanish

  • Idioma cabardiano
  • Swedish

  • Kabardinska
  • Kabardinisch

    Swiss German

  • கபார்டியன்

    Tamil

  • కబార్డియన్

    Telugu

  • คาร์บาเดีย

    Thai

  • ภาษาคาบาร์เดีย
  • lea fakakapālitia

    Tongan

  • Kabardeyce

    Turkish

  • Кабардин-Черкес кыл

    Udmurt

  • кабардинська

    Ukrainian

  • Кабардинська мова
  • Tiếng Kabardian

    Vietnamese

  • Circaseg Dwyreiniol

    Welsh

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/kbd

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