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North Caucasian peoples

North Caucasian peoples

North Caucasian peoples is a term used to describe a peoples speaking North Caucasian languages.

Peoples

North Caucasian peoples are:
*Northwest Caucasian peoples:
**Abkhazians
**Abazins
**Adyghe
**Cherkess
**Kabardins
**Ubykh
*Nakh peoples:
**Bats
**Kists
**Chechens
**Ingush
*Northeast Caucasian peoples:
**Avars
**Aguls
**Dargins
**Laks
**Lezgins
**Rutuls
**Tabasarans
**Tsakhurs
**Udins
**Archins

Location

The largest North Caucasian peoples are Chechens (800,000), and Avars (500,000). Some of the North Caucasian peoples possess their autonomous republics within the Russian Federation: Adyghe (Adygea), Cherkess (Karachay-Cherkessia), Kabardins (Kabardino-Balkaria), Ingush (Ingushetia), Chechens (Chechnya), while Northeast Caucasian peoples mostly live in Dagestan. Abkhazians live in Abkhazia, which is de facto independent, but de jure is autonomous republic within Georgia.

References

*Mile Nedeljković, Leksikon naroda sveta, Beograd, 2001.

ee also

*North Caucasian languages


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