Budukh people

Budukh
*Будад – Budad*
Total population

approx. 1,000
Regions with significant populations
Azerbaijan	1,000^[1]
Languages
Budukh, Azeri
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Jeks, Kryts people, Lezgins, Khinalug people.

The Budukhs (Budukh: budad) are an ethnic group primarily from the mountainous village of Buduq in northwestern Azerbaijan. Budukh language is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Lezgic branch. Azerbaijani language is widely spoken.

The Budukh people are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims.

References

↑ "Budukh language" in Ethnologue. Retrieved on 17 July 2009.

Further reading

Margus Kolga; Igor Tõnurist; Lembit Vaba; Jüri Viikberg (1993). "The Budukhs". The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.

Peoples of the Caucasus

Kartvelian

Georgians
- Svans
- Zans
  - Lazs
  - Mingrelians

Pontic

Circassians	Adyghe Kabarday Cherkess

Other	Abkhazians Abazins Ubykh

Caspian

Avar–Andic	Akhvakh Andis Avars Bagvalals Botlikhs Chamalals Godoberi Karata Tindis

Tsezic	Bezhta Hinukh Hunzibs Khwarshi Tsez

Lezgic	Aguls Archins Budukh Jek Kryts Lezgians Rutuls Tabasarans Tsakhurs Udins

Nakh	Bats Chechens Kists Ingush

Other	Dargins Khinalug Laks

Altaic

Turkic	Azerbaijanis Balkars Karachays Kumyks Meskhetian Turks Nogais Turkmens

Mongolic	Kalmyks

Indo-European

Iranian	Kurds Yazidis Mountain Jews Ossetians Digors Ironians Talysh Tats

Slavic	Russians Kuban Cossacks Terek Cossacks Ukrainians

Hellenic	Caucasus Greeks Urums Pontic Greeks

Armenian	Armenians

German	Caucasus Germans

Afro-Asiatic

Semitic	Assyrians Caucasus Arabs

Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijanis

Arabs Armenians Avars Budukh Germans Greeks Jek Khinalug Kryts Kurds Lezgians Mountain Jews Russians Rutul Talysh Tats Tsakhur Turks Udi

See Also: Ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan

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