Lezgins in Azerbaijan

Lezgins in Azerbaijan
Lezgins from the village of Laza (now Qusar District), 1880
Total population
250,000 (1921 census)
Languages
Lezgin, Azerbaijani

Lezgins (Lezgian: Лезгияр lазербайжанда) are the largest ethnic minority in Azerbaijan historically living in some northern regions of Azerbaijan.[1] For most Lezgins, the mother tongue is Lezgin, and minorities have Azerbaijani and Russian as the mother language.