Avar–Andi–Dido peoples
The Avar–Andi–Dido peoples consists of 13 small ethnic groups plus the much larger Caucasian Avar peoples. Since the 1930s there have been attempts to classify them all as Avars, but the 2002 Russian Census presents a broad variety of designations of these people.
Ethnic subgroups
Avar is a collective term for the Avar–Andi–Dido peoples and generalizes to various ethnic groups native to the foothills of Russia's Dagestan Republic; Avars can be classified into the following subgroups:[1]
| Avar–Andi–Dido peoples | ||
|---|---|---|
| Avar | Andis | Dido (Tsez) |
| Anchikh | Bagulal | Bezhta |
| Archin | Chamalal | Hinukhs |
| Ratsitl | Godoberi | Khvarshi |
| Rachabalda | Karata | |
| Tokita | Tindi | |
| Other Avar peoples |
References
Sources
- Wixman, Ronald (1984). Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook. New York: Sharpe Reference. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-87332-506-6.
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