BGNPCGN · 2011
Romanization of Kabardian (2011)
bgnpcgn-kbd-Cyrl-Latn-2011 The BGN/PCGN system for Kabardian is designed for use in romanizing names written in the Kabardian Cyrillic alphabet. Kabardian, of the north-western Caucasian language family, is principally spoken in Russia's republics of Kabardino-Balkariya and Karachayevo-Cherkesiya and has been written in a modified Cyrillic script since 1936. Also known as East Circassian, Kabardian is notable for its rich density of consonant phonemes (most commentators agree on an inventory of 47 or 48) and corresponding paucity of vowels. Kabardian letters are addressed in the romanizations as per their articulation: glottalised consonants are marked with an apostrophe, and labialized consonants with w.
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