Kakhetians

Kakhetians
Georgian: კახელები kakhelebi
  Distribution of the Kakhetian dialect
Total population
c. 500,000
Regions with significant populations
 Georgia Kakheti: 271 298 (82,9%) (2014)
Languages
Kakhetian dialect of Georgian language
Religion
Georgian Orthodox Church
Related ethnic groups
Ingiloy people and Iranian Georgians

Kakhetians (Georgian: კახელები, [kʼɑχɛlɛbi]; sg. კახელი, [kʼɑχɛli]) are an ethnographic group of Georgians who speak the Kakhetian dialect of the Georgian language. Kakhetians are the indigenous population of Kakheti, a historical region and fertile valley in eastern Georgia that produces much of the country's wine.[1] Like the general population of Georgia, most Kakhetians are adherents of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

  1. ^ CARLISLE, R. (1989). The Illustrated encyclopedia of mankind. New York, M. Cavendish.