Аршишттиб | |
|---|---|
 Map of the Archi language and Archi villages. | |
| Total population | |
| 5,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia | 12[2] |
| Languages | |
| Archi | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Northeast Caucasian peoples | |
The Archi people (Archi: аршишттиб, arshishttib, Lezgian: Арчияр, archiyar) are an ethnic group who live in eight villages in southern Dagestan, Russia. Archib is the 'parent village' of these, because three months a year the whole community used to reassemble in Archi to engage in communal work.[3] Their culture is one of the most distinct and best-preserved of all the cultures of Dagestan.[4]
They have a total population of about 1,200, and speak their own language. Their habitat is about 2,000 meters above sea level in the Kara-Koisu basin in the Caucasus.[3]
- ^ Ethnologue entry for Archi
- ^ Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity Archived 2012-04-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ a b "The Archis". The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2024 – via Eesti Keele Instituut.
- ^ The Archi language dictionary