Lezgi

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Lezgi is the name of a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group primarily inhabiting southern Dagestan in Russia and northern Azerbaijan, known for their distinct Lezgian language and rich cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lezgi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith Lezgistan (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Lezgistan
continent Asia ⓘ
country Azerbaijan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
culture Lezgi dance ⓘ
Lezgi folk traditions ⓘ
Lezgi music ⓘ
ethnicRegion Northern Azerbaijan ⓘ
Southern Dagestan ⓘ
linked to: Dagestan
ethnolinguisticGroup Lezgic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Lezgins
ethnonym Lezgins ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus Minority language in Azerbaijan ⓘ
Minority language in Russia ⓘ
language Lezgian language ⓘ
linked to: Lezgian
languageBranch Lezgic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
minorityStatus Ethnic minority in Azerbaijan ⓘ
Ethnic minority in Russia ⓘ
nativeName Лезгъяр ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Avars ⓘ
Rutuls ⓘ
Tabasarans ⓘ
Tsakhurs ⓘ
partOf Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan ⓘ
Ethnic groups in Russia ⓘ
Peoples of Dagestan ⓘ
populationCenter Derbent ⓘ
Qusar District ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalDance Lezginka ⓘ
traditionalMusic Drum ⓘ
Zurna ⓘ
traditionalOccupation Agriculture ⓘ
Animal husbandry ⓘ
Crafts ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lezgins → ethnonym → Lezgi ⓘ
Lezgic → alternativeName → Lezgi ⓘ