u/Jazzlike_Business_55

Do you speak western Circassian? We need native speakers to help us finish the audio!
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Do you speak western Circassian? We need native speakers to help us finish the audio!

Hey everyone. We've built the Circassian App. It has about 14,000 users now(!!!), mostly Circassians and people with Circassian family trying to learn the language.

The Western Circassian (Adyghe) course is basically ready. The only thing left is audio. My friend recorded all the Eastern (Kabardian) audio, but she doesn't speak Western, so she can't do this part. We've got a good chunk done from other people, but we still need more voices to finish.

If you speak Adyghe at any level, even a little, even if you haven't spoken it in years, you can help here:

https://circassianapp.com/western-audio-competition/

You record a word, other speakers vote, and the best ones go into the app. Takes a couple minutes. You don't have to record a lot. Even ten words from each person adds up fast.

And if you don't speak it yourself but you know someone who does, a parent, a grandparent, an aunt, a friend, please send this to them. A lot of the people who can actually help aren't on Reddit. One text from you could be the thing that gets their voice into the app.

Happy to answer any questions about the app or the project.

- CircassianApp.com

u/Jazzlike_Business_55 — 6 days ago

Salam guys,

I've been working on a mobile app for learning Circassian (Adygebze) and Adyghe Xabze for a while now, and it's finally live on iOS and Android. I'm posting here because this sub is honestly one of the few places online where people actually care about the language, so your feedback means more to me than any app store review.

A bit about it:

- Lessons go from the Cyrillic alphabet up through vocab and phrases

- Every word is recorded by a native speaker, no robot voice

- There's a separate track for Adyghe Xabze with proverbs, customs, the code of honor

- Interface is in English, Russian, or Turkish, since the diaspora is split across all three

It's called Circassian App (https://circassianapp.com if you want the links). Free to try.

I'm not going to pretend it's perfect. It's v1 and I'm adding lessons regularly. If you try it and something feels off (a translation, audio, a Xabze section), please tell me. I'd rather hear it from people who actually speak the language than find out later.

You can also reach me on Telegram @ CircassianApp if you want to share feedback directly(best place honestly)

Thanks for keeping this community alive. Тхьэм фигъэпсэу.

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u/Jazzlike_Business_55 — 1 month ago