The British George Hewitt, who in 1974 visited Hacı Osman Köyü and made recordings with Esenç in Istanbul (See his website: http://georgehewitt.net) his account of his meetings in 1974 has been published — ‘Encounterng Ubykh(s)’, in Arxeologija i ètnografija pontijsko-kavkazskogo regiona 5, 195-204, 2016: Krasnodar; see also his ‘The labialised sibilants of Ubykh (North West Caucasian)’, in Revue des Etudes Géorgiennes et Caucasiennes, 2, 1986, 21-30)

George Hewitt's Ubykh recordings (Turkey, 1974)

Ubykh Recordings

In the course of 6 weeks spent in Turkey in 1974, I made recordings of Circassian (mostly the Abzakh dialect but also some Shapsugh) in the Anatolian village of Demir Kapı and of Ubykh (mostly with Tevfik Esenç in Istanbul but also with some other elderly speakers in the village of Haci Osman Köyü). The recordings posted here represent a selection of those materials.

Hasan's Tale | 3 | Ubykh

Hasan's Tale | 2 | Ubykh

Hasan's Tale | 1 | Ubykh

In the course of 6 weeks spent in Turkey in 1974, I made recordings of Circassian (mostly the Abzakh dialect but also some Shapsugh) in the Anatolian village of Demir Kapı and of Ubykh (mostly with Tevfik Esenç in Istanbul but also with some other elderly speakers in the village
of Haci Osman Köyü). The recordings posted here represent a selection of those materials.

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Meral's tale in Ubykh - Tevfik Esenç

Hamit's tale in Ubykh - Tevfik Esenç

Hamit's tale in Turkish

Ubykh - Tevfik Esenç

Ubykh Sentences

The greeting to Sir Harold Bailey reads (roughly) as follows: ‘My dear friend Bailey. Though I have not seen you, I know you, having heard your name. I am greatly pleased that you work on languages and heartily value that. I send you my best greetings, and, taking your hand, clasp you to my bosom.’ 

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Turkey, Summer of 1974: http://georgehewitt.net/index.php/articles/linguistics/288

Meral's tale in Ubykh - Tevfik Esenç

B George Hewitt