Turkic-speaking Peoples
Peoples of the Caucasus that speak languages that belong to the Turkic language family:
- Azerbaijanis
- Balkars
- Karachays
- Kumyks
- Nogais
- Turkmens
- Meskhetian Turks
The largest of the Turkic-speaking peoples in the Caucasus are Azerbaijanis who number 8,700,000 in the Republic of Azerbaijan, but most of them live primarily in Iran (Iranian Azerbaijan). In the Caucasus region, they live in Georgia, Russia (Dagestan), Turkey and previously in Armenia (before 1990). The total number of Azerbaijanis is around 30 million. Other Turkic speakers live in their autonomous republics within Russian Federation: Karachays (Karachay–Cherkessia), Balkars (Kabardino-Balkaria), while Kumyks and Nogais live in Dagestan.
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