Search for a Circassian translator and you mostly find dead ends. There is no Circassian in Google Translate, and printed dictionaries of Kabardian and Adyghe are hard to find outside the Caucasus. The Circassian app has its own Translate screen that fills the gap: type in English, Russian or Turkish and get Kabardian or Adyghe, or type Circassian and read it in your language.
This page explains what the translator can do, where its words come from and where it still makes mistakes, so you know when to trust it.
Is there a Circassian Google Translate?
No. Google’s published list of supported languages, checked in September 2026, includes neighbours like Abkhaz and Georgian, but not Kabardian or Adyghe. Neither dialect of the Circassian language can be picked in Google Translate, and the text you paste into it is read as some other language.
That is why the Circassian app built its own. Its engine for Circassian is Tarmash, a machine translator made for Circassian, and two dictionaries sit underneath it so single words never depend on a machine’s guess.
What the Circassian translator does
Five languages, both ways
English, Russian, Turkish, Kabardian and Adyghe on either side, with auto-detect for the text you paste and a swap button to flip the direction.
A dictionary under every search
Single words come from two built-in dictionaries, shown as a list under the translation with the Circassian word, its meaning and other forms.
Hear the words
Dictionary words and lesson phrases that have audio in the app get a listen button, the same audio the lessons use.
Lesson phrases too
Search a word in English, Russian or Turkish and Kabardian lesson phrases that use it show up, 2,216 in all.
Copy in one tap
One tap copies the translation, ready to paste into WhatsApp, Telegram or a chat inside the app.
Full sentences use machine translation and need a free account. Word lookups work without one. Translations into Kabardian are marked beta, and translations into Adyghe carry the Tarmash logo, so you always know a machine made them.
Where the words come from: two dictionaries
The Kabardian dictionary has 24,190 entries. It comes from a printed Kabardian–Russian dictionary, so every entry has a Russian definition, and English and Turkish searches are matched through an index built from those Russian definitions. Search in Russian and you read the original. Because it was scanned from paper, a few entries still carry scanning errors, so a word that looks odd is worth checking against a second source.
The Adyghe dictionary has 3,499 entries from dovlet.info, each with Russian, English and Turkish meanings and, for many words, the stress mark and alternative forms.
On top of that, the translator searches the 2,216 Kabardian phrases from the app’s lessons. Type “thank you” with Kabardian as the target and you get the word упсэу plus lesson sentences like Хьэуэ, упсэу! (No, thank you!), each with its audio. That is exactly what the screen at the top of this page shows.
How to use the Circassian translator
- Download the Circassian app and pick Kabardian or Adyghe as your course. The translator starts with that dialect as the target.
- Open Translate from the bar at the bottom of the Learn screen, or tap the language icon at the top of Messages.
- Choose the two languages. To go from Circassian to English, set the source to Kabardian or Adyghe, or pick auto-detect.
- Type or paste your text. The dictionary list appears under it; sign in with a free account to get whole sentences translated.
- Tap the speaker to hear a word, or the copy button to paste the translation anywhere.
Typing Circassian on a phone keyboard? The palochka, the letter that looks like a capital I, is written as a Latin capital I throughout the app, so упсэу and ФIэхъус are typed with the letters you already have. The Circassian alphabet guide explains the rest.
Honest limits: when to ask a person
Machine translation for Circassian is new, and it makes mistakes, especially with long or unusual sentences. For anything that matters, like a tattoo, a wedding speech, a gravestone or an official document, ask a native speaker to check it. The app’s community chats are full of Circassians from Turkey, Jordan, Russia and beyond who are usually happy to help.
The dictionary is the part you can lean on: every row shows the source word, so you can see why the translator chose it. And if you want to understand Circassian rather than just decode it, the lessons are where the translator’s words become your own. Start with how to say hello and thank you, or count to one hundred in both dialects.
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Circassian translator: frequently asked questions
Is there a Circassian translator?
Yes. The Circassian app for iPhone and Android has a Translate screen that works between English, Russian, Turkish, Kabardian and Adyghe, with a Kabardian dictionary of 24,190 entries and an Adyghe dictionary of 3,499 entries built in.
Does Google Translate have Circassian?
No. As of September 2026, neither Kabardian nor Adyghe is on Google’s list of supported languages.
Can I translate Circassian to English?
Yes. Set the source language to Kabardian or Adyghe, or pick auto-detect, and set the target to English, Russian or Turkish.
Is the Circassian translator free?
Yes. Dictionary lookups work without an account. Translating whole sentences needs a free account.
Does it translate Kabardian and Adyghe?
Both. They are separate choices in the language menu, each with its own dictionary, and the app keeps the two dialects apart.
How accurate is the Circassian translator?
Single words from the dictionaries are reliable. Sentence translation is machine translation, marked beta for Kabardian, and can make mistakes, so have a native speaker check anything important.
Sources
- Circassian app, Translate screen (src/components/TranslateModal.tsx), version 5.2, September 2026: languages, dictionary rows, beta label, Tarmash logo, sign-in rule, entry points on the Learn and Messages screens.
- Kabardian–Russian dictionary in the app: 24,190 entries after the app’s own clean-up of the scanned text (counted by running the app’s dictionary build).
- Adyghe dictionary in the app: 3,499 entries from dovlet.info/language/lexis, with Russian, English and Turkish meanings.
- Google Cloud Translation, “Language support”, checked September 29, 2026: no Kabardian (kbd) or Adyghe (ady).
- Tarmash, the Circassian machine translation engine the app uses for Kabardian and Adyghe.
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