Hunzibs

Total population
c. 6,200 (highest est.)
Regions with significant populations
Russia Dagestan	2,363 (2021 census)[1]
Georgia	c. 1,860 (highest est.)[2]
Languages
Hunzib
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Northeast Caucasian peoples

TheHunzibs are an indigenous people ofDagestan,North Caucasus living in three villages in theTsuntinsky District in the upper regions of theAvar-Koysu river area. They have their own language,Hunzib, and primarily followSunni Islam, which spread among the Hunzib people around the 8th or 9th century. Islam became consolidated among the Hunzib around the 16th and 17th centuries. The land where the Hunzibs inhabit was part of theAvar Khanate.^[3] The only time that the Hunzibs were counted as a distinct ethnic group in the Russian Census was in 1926, when 105 people reported to be ethnic Hunzibs. Subsequently, they were listed asAvars in the Russian Censuses. In 1967, it was estimated that there were about 600 ethnic Hunzibs (E. Bokarev).

According to genetic studies in 2016, the following haplogroup are found to among Hunzib:^[4]

• J1 (100%)

• The peoples of the Red Book: Tindis

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