Hinukh people

Hinukh
Total population
c. 4,000 (highest est.)
Regions with significant populations
 Russia 630 (2021)[1]
Languages
Hinuq, Avar, Russian
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Tsez, Khwarshi, Avars and other Northeast Caucasian peoples

The Hinukh (Hinukh: гьинухъес hinuqes, Avar: гьинухъесел, romanized: hinuqesel[2]) are a people of Dagestan living in 2 villages: Genukh, Tsuntinsky District - their 'parent village' and Novomonastyrskoe, Kizlyarsky District - where they settled later and live together with Avars and Dargins and also in the cities of Dagestan. They are being assimilated by the Caucasian Avars.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации согласно переписи населения 2021 года" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  2. ^ Языки народов России. Красная книга. Энциклопедический словарь-справочник. Том 4 (in Russian). Москва: Academia. 2002. p. 58. ISBN 5-87444-149-2.