Khinalug people

Khinalugs
Regions with significant populations
 Azerbaijan2,233[1]
Languages
Khinalug, Azerbaijani
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Budugh people, Jek people, Kryts people

The Khinalugs (Azerbaijani: Xınalıqlılar, Khinalug: кеттитурдур,[2] кетш халх[3]) are an indigenous people of Azerbaijan that speak the Khinalug language, a Northeast Caucasian language. The Khinalugs are indigenous to the Quba District and have been named after their main village, Khinalug. They are one of the peoples that have traditionally been called Shahdagh (together with Budukh people and Kryts people).[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b c d "Ethnic composition of Azerbaijan 2009". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ^ Хиналугцы (in Russian). БСЭ. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21.
  3. ^ Дешериев, Юнус Дешериевич (1967). Языки народов СССР: в 5-ти томах. Иберийско-кавказские языки. Том 4 (in Russian). Москва: Наука. p. 659.
  4. ^ Qəmərşah Cavadov. Azərbaycanın azsaylı xalqları və milli azlıqları (Tarix və müasirlik). Bakı "Elm" nəşriyyatı. 2000, p. 167–209 (in Azerbaijani)
  5. ^ С.И.Брук. Население мира. Этнодемографический справочник. Москва. "Наука", 1986, с. 167. (in Russian)
  6. ^ http://atlas.musigi-dunya.az/en/history_xinalig.html Khinaligs Atlas.musigi-dunya.az (in Azerbaijani, Russian, and English)
  7. ^ Bennigsen, Alexandre; Wimbush, S. Enders (1986). Muslims of the Soviet Empire: A Guide. Indiana University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-253-33958-4.