Shapsug Adyghe dialect
The Shapsug dialect (; ) is a dialect of Adyghe. The Shapsug dialect is spoken by the Shapsugs, which are one of the largest Circassian population in the diaspora outside Republic of Adygea, alongside Abzakhs. The Shapsug dialect is very similar to the Natukhai dialect and together, they make the Black Sea coast dialects of Adyghe. The Shapsug dialect consists of three main sub dialects: Great Shapsug (North Shapsug), Small Shapsug (South Shapsug) and Hakuchi. The Shapsug dialect is best known as the dialect with palatalized velar stops. Phonology. Palatalized velar stops. In the Shapsug and Natukhai dialects there  is 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 Adyghe dialects. Note that the Shapsug dialect also has ч , дж and кӏ in words like "чэмы" "cow", "джэмышх" "spoon" and "кӏалэ" "boy". Retroflex affricates. The retroflex affricate consonants чъ and чӏ (that exist in Chemguy and Bzhedug dialects) merged with the palato-alveolar affricate consonants ч and кӏ in the Shapsug and Natukhai dialects. Dropped consonants. In the Great Shapsug dialect (Like Bzhedug dialect) in some cases the consonants н , м and р  are dropped and are not pronounced. Aspirated consonants. In the Shapsug dialect (Like the Bzhedug dialect) there exist a series of aspirated consonants (/pʰ/ /tʰ/ /ʃʰ/ /t͡sʰ/ /t͡ʃʰ/ /t͡ʂʰ/ /t͡ɕʰʷ/ /kʲʰ/ /kʰʷ/ /qʰ/ /qʰʷ/) that became plain consonants in other dialects: Others. In some Shapsug and Natukhai dialects there exist an alveolar ejective fricative that correspond to in other dialects such as Abzakh, Bzhedug, Temirgoy, and Kabardian. The labialized retroflex consonants шъу and жъу in the Temirgoy dialect are alveolo-palatal щу and жьу in the Black Sea coast dialects of Adyghe (Shapsug dialect and Natukhai dialect). The Shapsug and  Natukhai dialects has many different variants. The following differences apply to some of them. Grammar differences. Instrumental case. In the instrumental case the noun has the suffix -мгьэ (-mɡʲa) or -гьэ (-gʲa) unlike other dialects that has the suffix -мкӏэ (-mt͡ʃa) or -кӏэ (-t͡ʃa). Desirement mood. In the Shapsug dialect, the suffix ~рагъу /raːʁʷ/ is added to verbs to indicate the desirement to do that verb. For example: Upward prefix. In Standard Adyghe, to express that the verb's direction is upward, the prefix дэ- /da-/ and the suffix -е /-ja/ is added to the verb. In Shapsug dialect, the  prefix чӏэ- /t͡ʃʼa-/ is added instead. Demonstratives. Shapsug has six demonstratives: а /ʔaː/, гьэ /ɡʲa/, у /wə/, дыу /dəwə/, дымы /dəmə/ and мы /mə/. а /ʔaː/ у /wə/ (мо /mo/ in other dialects) мы /mə/ дыу /dəwə/ (дымо /dəmo/ in other dialects) дымы /dəmə/ гьэ /gʲa/ (гьэ джэ /d͡ʒa/ in other dialects) Future tense. In the Great Shapsug sub dialect (like Bzhedug) the future tense suffix is ~эт (~at) and in some cases ~ыт (~ət) unlike the Small Shapsug sub dialect that has (like Chemirguy) the Suffix ~щт (~ɕt)). Interrogative words. The word "what" in Standard Adyghe is сыд while  in Shapsug it is шъыд and from it derives different terms. Shapsug has two words for "what": The word "лӏэу" was lost in other Adyghe dialects. In Shapsug, from it derives different terms : Shapsugs also have different interrogative words from the word тэ "which":