Adyghe
one of the official languages of the Republic of Adygea in Russia
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Summary
Adyghe is a natural language[1]. Adyghe draws 3,437 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #97 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Russia[3], Turkey[4], Jordan[5], Syria[6]
- Instance of: modern language[7]
- Subclass of: Circassian[8]
- Writing system: Cyrillic script[9], Adyghe alphabet[10], Arabic script[11]
- Commons category: Adyghe language[12]
- Wikimedia language code: ady[13], ady-cyrl[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Adyghe language[15]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 575,900[16], 117,500[17]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18]
- Native label: Адыгабзэ[19], Кӏах Адыгабзэ[20]
- Short name: адыгъейаг[21]
- Different from: Kabardian[22]
- UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable[23]
- Indigenous to: Adygea[24], Karachay-Cherkessia[25], Krasnodar Krai[26]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ADY[27]
- Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial[28]
- Linguistic typology: agglutinative language[29], subject–object–verb[30], ergative–absolutive language[31]
- Related category: Category:Adyghe pronunciation[32]
Why It Matters
Adyghe has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Adyghe is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]