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| Total population | |
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| c. 10,000 (2002 estimate)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia | |
| Languages | |
| Chamalal | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Northeast Caucasian peoples |
TheChamalals are an indigenous people ofDagestan,North Caucasia living in a few villages in theTsumadinsky District on the left bank of theAndi-Koysu river. They have their own language,Chamalal, and primarily followSunni Islam, which reached the Chamalal people around the 8th or 9th century. There are about 5,000 ethnic Chamalals (1999, Kubrik).[2] They are culturally similar to theAvars.
Neighboring peoples are theGodoberi, Avars,Bagvalals, andTindis.
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