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Lezgistan is an ethnic homeland of the Lezgins, as well as the area of distribution of the Lezgin language. [1] Historical toponym. While ancient Greek historians, ...
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 (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.
Caucasus Jews of two sub-ethnic groups Mountain Jews and Georgian Jews. There are about 15,000–30,000 Caucasus Jews (as 140,000 immigrated to Israel, and 40,000 to the US). Arabs in the Caucasus: a population of nomadic Arabs was reported in 1728 as having rented winter pastures near the Caspian shores of the Mugan plain (in present-day ...
According to the 2019 census, ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan represent 5.2% of the population, including Lezgins (the largest minority group, making up 1.7% of the population), Russians (0.7%) and others, such as Talysh, Tats (Muslims and Judeo-Tats), Avars, Georgians, and Ashkenazi Jews, which comprise the remaining 2.8%.
Lezgian, also called Lezgi or Lezgin / ˈ l ɛ z ɡ iː n /, [2] [3] is a Northeast Caucasian language.It is spoken by the Lezgins, who live in southern Dagestan (); northern Azerbaijan; and to a much lesser degree Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kazakhstan; Turkey, and other countries.
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1838 map: Colchis, Iberia and Albania. Aghuank (Old Armenian: Աղուանք Ałuankʿ, Modern Armenian: Աղվանք Aġvank’) is the Armenian name for Caucasian Albania. . Armenian authors mention that the name derived from the word "ału" («աղու») meaning amiable in Arme