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Lezgins (Lezgian: Лезгияр lазербайжанда) are the largest ethnic minority in Azerbaijan historically living in some northern regions of Azerbaijan. [1] For most Lezgins , the mother tongue is Lezgin , and minorities have Azerbaijani and Russian as the mother language.
Lezgins (Lezgian: Лезгияр, romanized: lezgiär or Lezgian: лекьер, romanized: leq'er) [7] are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native predominantly to southern Dagestan, a republic of Russia, and northeastern Azerbaijan, and speak the Lezgin language. Their social structure is firmly based on equality and deference to individuality.
Lezgins are the largest ethnic minority in Azerbaijan. The UNHCR states that Lezgins make up 40% of the populations of the Qusar and Khachmaz regions and that Greater Baku is 1.8% Lezgin. Official Azerbaijani government statistics state that the Lezgin population is only 2% of the total population of the country, bringing the number to 178,000 ...
During it, they adopted a declaration calling for the creation of an independent Lezgistan, which would be a national entity uniting the Lezgins of Dagestan and Azerbaijan. [8] Sadval movement [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and Federal Lezgian National and Cultural Autonomy , Samur [ 11 ] are the main political organisations seeking separatism.
In 1771 many returned to their original homeland and they contracted to their present location in the far northeast, Nogais temporarily taking their place. In the southeast were the isolated Terek Cossacks. Their settlements later grew into the North Caucasus Line. There were a few Turkmens in the center of the steppe.
According to the data of 2009, Lezgins are 90.5%, Azerbaijanis are 9.1%, and other nationalities comprise 0.4%. As of 2016, the population of the rayon grew to 96 199 people. [ 13 ] Lezgins constituted 2% of the total population of Azerbaijan in 2009 who commonly settled in Qusar district.
This process led to a substantial influx of Lezgins, Aghuls, Tabasarans, and other Dagestani peoples into Derbent. By the 2002 census, Lezgins had surpassed Azerbaijanis in number. [ 117 ] At that time, Lezgins constituted 32.6% of the population, while Azerbaijanis made up 31.7%.
Lezgin Americans or American Lezgins (Lezgian: Amerikadin Lezgiyar) refers to people born in or residing in the United States of Lezgin origin or those considered to be ethnic Lezgin. The majority of Lezgin Americans are recent migrants from Dagestan and Azerbaijan .