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Kumyk

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Kumyk

Member of any of a group of northern Caucasus people numbering 282,000 (1989). They live mainly in the autonomous republic of Dagestan, in the lowland area along the Caspian shore. They are Muslims and speak a West Turkic language. The Kumyks came under Russian rule in the 16th century. The Kumyk khanate was abolished in 1847 and in 1989 a Kumyk assembly voted for self-determination.



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The indigenous language families of the Caucasus are Kartvelian or South Caucasian, Abkhaz-Adyghe/Abkhaz-Circassian or Northwest Caucasian, and Nakh-Daghestanian or Northeast Caucasian, Significant languages in the region include Georgian (a member of the Kartvelian family), Ossetic, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Azerbaijani/Azeri, Tat, Talysh, Armenian and Urartean.
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