ASU Launches Podcast Series Exploring the Adyghe Language

The Adyghe State University Center for Adyghe Studies has released the first episode of Adyghe Psal (Adyghe Word), a podcast series featuring leading scholars of Adyghe history, culture, and language. Produced as part of the Adygland project, with support from the Priority program, the series aims to preserve and promote the scholarly heritage of Adyghe studies.

The episode, titled “About Time, About Language, and About Myself,” features Batyrbiy Bersirov, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Adygea, and the republic’s first Minister of Science and Education. The host is Raisa Unarokova, Doctor of Philology, Professor, and Director of the Adyghe Studies Center at ASU. Students, graduate students, and faculty members from the Faculty of Adyghe Philology and Culture also took part in the discussion.

Batyrbiy Bersirov discussed his monograph, “The Structure and History of Verb Stems in the Adyghe Languages”, focusing on the distinctive features of Adyghe verbs and the preservation of linguistic unity despite dialectal differences. He also reflected on his university years and addressed the challenges facing modern education and efforts to preserve the native language. He emphasized the vital role of families and schools in passing the language on to future generations. The conversation also explored the future of corpus linguistics and the potential applications of artificial intelligence in the study of Adyghe.

The “Adyghe Psal” (“Adyghe Word”) podcast series will continue with new conversations featuring scholars of the Adyghe language, history, and culture.

You can watch the first episode on the official ASU accounts on VK Video and RUTUBE .