Besleney Kabardian dialect


The Besleney Kabardian dialect is one of the East Circassian dialects and usually considered a dialect of Kabardian. However, because the Besleney tribe lived at the center of Circassia, the Besleney dialect also shares a large number of features with dialects of Western Circassian.

Phonology

Palatalized velar stops

Like some other Kabardian dialects, the Besleney dialect has a palatalized voiced velar stop , a palatalized voiceless velar stop and a palatalized velar ejective that were merged with дж, ч and кӏ in most Circassian dialects.
The palato-alveolar affricate consonants дж, ч and кӏ and the retroflex affricate consonants чъ and чӏ became palato-alveolar дж, дж, кӏ, дж and кӏ in Besleney while in Kabardian they became alveolo-palatal ж, ж, щӏ, ж and щӏ.