Budukh people

The Budukhs (Budukh: Будад, Budad) are an ethnic group primarily from the mountainous village of Buduq in northeastern Azerbaijan, one of the Shahdagh peoples. They speak the Budukh language, which is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Lezgic branch. The Azerbaijani language is widely spoken.

Budukh
Будад – Budad
Total population
approx. 1,000
Regions with significant populations
 Azerbaijan1,000[1]
Languages
Budukh, Azeri
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Jeks, Kryts people, Lezgins, Khinalug people, Shahdagh people.

The Budukh people are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims.

References

  1. "Budukh language" in Ethnologue. Retrieved on 17 July 2009.

Further reading

  • Margus Kolga; Igor Tõnurist; Lembit Vaba; Jüri Viikberg (1993). "The Budukhs". The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.


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