Peoples of The Caucasus

Peoples of the Caucasus who speak languages which have long been indigenous to the Caucasus Kartvelian peoples, Northeast Caucasian peoples and Northwest Caucasian peoples are:

• Kartvelian peoples
  • Georgians
    • Adjarians
  • Svans
  • Mingrelians
  • Lazs

• Northeast Caucasian peoples
  • Avar–Andic peoples
    • Avars
    • Andic peoples
      • Andi people
      • Akhvakh people
      • Karata people
      • Botlikh people
      • Godoberi people
      • Chamalal people
      • Bagvalal people
      • Tindi people
  • Tsez (Dido) people
    • Tsez people
    • Hinukh people
    • Bezhta people
    • Hunzib people
    • Khwarshi people
  • Lezgic peoples:
    • Aguls
    • Lezgins
    • Rutuls
    • Tabasarans
    • Tsakhurs
    • Udins
    • Archins
  • Dargins
  • Khinalug
  • Laks
  • Nakh peoples:
    • Bats
    • Chechens
      • Kists
    • Ingush

• Northwest Caucasian peoples
  • Abkhazians
  • Abazins
  • Adyghe
    • Kabardins
    • Modern day Circassians
  • Ubykh

The largest peoples speaking languages which belong to the Caucasian language families and who are currently resident in the Caucasus are the Georgians (7,000,000), the Chechens (1,500,000 (according to 2010 Russian Census)), the Lezgins (about 800,000 (source Lezgins)), the Kabardins (600,000) and the Avars (500,000), while outside the Caucasus, the largest people of Caucasian origin, in diaspora in more than 40 countries (such as Jordan, Turkey, the countries of Europe, Syria, United States) are the Circassians with about 3,000,000-4,000,000 speakers. Georgians are the only Caucasian people that have their own undisputedly independent state—Georgia. Abkhazia's status is disputed. Other Caucasian peoples have republics within the Russian Federation: Adyghe (Adygea), Cherkess (Karachay–Cherkessia), Kabardins (Kabardino-Balkaria), Ingush (Ingushetia), Chechens (Chechnya), while other Northeast Caucasian peoples mostly live in Dagestan.].