Budukh people

Budukh
Будад – Budad
Total population
approx. 1,000
Regions with significant populations
 Azerbaijan1,000[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.

  1. ^ "Budukh language" in Ethnologue. Retrieved on 17 July 2009.
  2. ^ Bennigsen, Alexandre; Wimbush, S. Enders (1986). Muslims of the Soviet Empire: A Guide. Indiana University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-253-33958-4.