Kabardians or
Kabardian people (; ; ; ) are terms referring to a people of the northern
Caucasus more commonly known by the plural term
Kabardin (or
Kebertei as they term themselves). Originally they (with the
Besleney) tribe comprised the semi-nomadic eastern branch of what was once the
Adyghe tribal fellowship. The Kabardin still consider themselves as a tribe of Adyghe. They speak
Kabardian, a North West
Caucasian language that represents the easternmost extension of the
Circassian language group.
