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Total population | |
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approx. 1,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Azerbaijan | 1,000[1] |
Languages | |
Budukh, Azerbaijani | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Jeks, Kryts people, Lezgins, Khinalug people, Shahdagh people, and other Northeast Caucasian peoples. |
The Budukhs (Budukh: Будад, Budad), (Azerbaijani: Buduqlular) are an ethnic group primarily from the mountainous village of Buduq in northeastern Azerbaijan, one of the Shahdagh peoples.[2] They speak the Budukh language, which is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Lezgic branch. The Azerbaijani language is widely spoken.