Ingush people

Ingush
ГIалгIай
Ghalghai
Total population
c. 700,000[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Russia517,186 (2021)[3]
   Ingushetia473,440 (2021)
   Chechnya1,100 (2021)
   North Ossetia-Alania24,285 (2021)
Turkey85,000 (2019)[1][2]
Kazakhstan18,000 (2016)[4]
Languages
Ingush
Religion
Sunni Islam (Shafi'i Madhhab)
Related ethnic groups
Other Nakh peoples (Chechens, Bats, Kists)

Ingush[a] (Ingush: Гӏалгӏай, romanized: Ghalghai,[10] pronounced [ˈʁəlʁɑj]), historically known as Durdzuks, Gligvi and Kists, are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Republic of Ingushetia in central Caucasus, but also inhabitanting Prigorodny District and town of Vladikavkaz of modern day North-Ossetia. The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak the Ingush language.[11]

  1. ^ a b Степанова 2018.
  2. ^ a b Севрюкова 2019, p. 6.
  3. ^ "Russian Census of 2021" (in Russian). 2021.
  4. ^ Ingush in Kazakhstan. Joshua Project.
  5. ^ Merriam-Webster.
  6. ^ a b Collins English Dictionary.
  7. ^ a b Dictionary.com.
  8. ^ a b OED 1976.
  9. ^ The Columbia Gazetteer of the World 2008, p. 1680.
  10. ^ Nichols & Sprouse 2004, p. 225.
  11. ^ Nichols, J.; Vagapov, A.D. (2004). Chechen-English and English-Chechen Dictionary. RoutledgeCurzon. p. 4. ISBN 0-415-31594-8.


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