UBYKH: a n extinct language of Turkey (Europe)

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: UBY

ISO 639-2: cau

Region Haci Osman village, near the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul.
Alternate names   UBYX, PEKHI, OUBYKH
Classification North Caucasian, Northwest, Ubyx.
Comments The last fully competent speaker, Tevfik Esen, of Haci Osman, died in Istanbul 10/92. A century ago there were 50,000 speakers in the Caucasus valleys east of the Black Sea. Most migrated to Turkey in 1894. The ethnic group now speaks a distinct dialect of Adyghe. Extinct.

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