Abkhaz-Adyge · ISO 639-3 kbd
Kabardian Language Адыгэбзэ
Kabardian is an Abkhaz-Adyge language spoken by about 1.6 million people in 2 countries. It is written in the Cyrillic script.
Where Kabardian is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Kabardian language
Kabardian (Адыгэбзэ) is spoken by about 1.6 million people, which makes it the 354th most spoken language in the world — just behind Igala (1.6 million) and ahead of Limburgan (1.6 million). It belongs to the Abkhaz-Adyge language family.
Where is Kabardian spoken?
Kabardian is used in 2 countries. The largest communities live in Türkiye (647,720) and Russia (478,791).
Share of the population that speaks Kabardian: Türkiye 0.8% (647,720) and Russia 0.3% (478,791).
Kabardian is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Russia.
Writing system and status
Kabardian is written in the Cyrillic script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Adyghe.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 kbd.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.