Lezgins

E115753
Northeast Caucasian people ethnic group

Lezgins are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native primarily to southern Dagestan in Russia and northern Azerbaijan, known for their distinct Lezgian language and rich traditional culture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lezgins canonical 29
Lezgic peoples 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonym Lezgiar ⓘ
borderRegionOfResidence Russia–Azerbaijan border ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
country Azerbaijan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
culturalArea North Caucasus ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
ethnonym Lezgi ⓘ
historicalRegion Lezgistan ⓘ
language Lezgian ⓘ
surface form: Lezgian language
languageBranch Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
surface form: Lezgic languages
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Azerbaijan ⓘ
ethnic minority in Russia ⓘ
nativeTo Azerbaijan's Guba-Khachmaz economic region ⓘ
surface form: Northern Azerbaijan

Dagestan ⓘ
surface form: Southern Dagestan
populationCenter Derbent ⓘ
Makhachkala ⓘ
Quba ⓘ
Qusar District ⓘ
surface form: Qusar
recognizedAsMinorityIn Azerbaijan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
Dagestan ⓘ
Khachmaz District ⓘ
Quba ⓘ
surface form: Quba District

Qusar District ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Aghul ⓘ
surface form: Aghuls

Dargin ⓘ
surface form: Dargins

Rutuls ⓘ
Tabasarans ⓘ
Tsakhurs ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
scriptUsed Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
traditionalClothing Caucasian chokha ⓘ
traditionalDance Lezginka ⓘ
traditionalMusic Lezgian folk music ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
traditionalReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
UNESCOLanguageStatus Lezgian language is classified as vulnerable ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dagestan → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
North Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
South Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Derbent → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Baku Governorate → ethnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Quba region of Azerbaijan → ethnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
subject surface form: Quba District
Eastern Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Tabasarans → relatedEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Tabasarans → neighboringPeople → Lezgins ⓘ
Avars → relatedEthnicGroups → Lezgins ⓘ
Russian Federation (Dagestan) → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of Dagestan
Buynaksk → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Darband → ethnicComposition → Lezgins ⓘ
Caucasian Albania → ethnicContinuityDebatedWith → Lezgins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lezgic peoples
Makhachkala → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Quba Uyezd → ethnicComposition → Lezgins ⓘ
Dagestani peoples → hasSubgroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Lezginka → associatedWith → Lezgins ⓘ
Lezginka (North Caucasian dance) → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Kizlyar → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Azerbaijan's Guba-Khachmaz economic region → containsEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
subject surface form: Guba-Khachmaz economic region
Qusar District → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Gusar District → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Ismayilli District → hasEthnicCommunity → Lezgins ⓘ
Tsakhurs → relatedEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Georgian–Azerbaijani border conflicts → involvesEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Dagestan ASSR → hasEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Karabakh region (broad sense) → historicallyInhabitedBy → Lezgins ⓘ
Bakuvian → mayBelongToEthnicGroup → Lezgins ⓘ
Peoples of the Caucasus → hasSubgroup → Lezgins ⓘ