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Akhvakh people

Ахвахцы · Q552605

language area per Glottologcensus counts
5,282
Russia, census 2021
Nakh-Daghestanian
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Russia: 5,282 people in the 2021 census.

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 5,282 people identified with the nationality "Ахвахцы" (Akhvakh people)1. That is less than 0.01% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Rosstat counts this group within the "Avars" nationality.

Rosstat also assigns 3 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).

Main language: Northern Akhvakh. Glottolog classifies it in the Nakh-Daghestanian family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Russia2021 · ethnicity / nationality · «Ахвахцы» · [1]
5,282

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex

Men 2,613 · 49.5%Women 2,669 · 50.5%

Urban and rural

Urban 151 · 2.9%Rural 5,131 · 97.1%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Republic of Dagestan
5,266
Moscow (city)
5
Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
5
Krasnodar Krai
3
Altai Krai
2
Republic of Tatarstan
1

Source [1]: Rosstat, 2020 census, vol. 5, table 1

Languages and their lineage

Northern Akhvakh

  1. Nakh-Daghestaniannakh1245
  2. Daghestaniandagh1238
  3. Avar-Andic-Tsezicavar1255
  4. Andicandi1254
  5. Akhvakhicakhv1240
  6. Northern Akhvakhakhv1239

Avar

  1. Nakh-Daghestaniannakh1245
  2. Daghestaniandagh1238
  3. Avar-Andic-Tsezicavar1255
  4. Avaravar1256

Kumyk

  1. Turkicturk1311
  2. Common Turkiccomm1245
  3. Kipchak-Turkestankipc1240
  4. Kipchakkipc1239
  5. Northwest Kipchaknort3424
  6. West Kipchakwest1472
  7. Kaukasus Kipchakkauk1241
  8. Kumykkumy1244

Russian

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Balto-Slavicbalt1263
  4. Slavicslav1255
  5. East Slaviceast1426
  6. Russianruss1263

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

ChechensAvarsDarginsIngush peopleLezginsLak peopleTabasaran peopleAghul peopleRutuliansAndi peopleTsez peopleTsakhur peopleKarata peopleBezhta peopleBotlikh peopleUdi peopleHunzib peopleGodoberi peopleArchi peopleTindi peopleKhwarshi peopleHinukh peopleKubachi peopleChamalal people

Sources

  1. Rosstat. National composition of the population of the Russian Federation. Results of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census (reference date 1 October 2021), vol. 5, table 1. Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx (archived copy)
  2. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)