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Lak people
Sign in to saveAlso known as Laki, Lakian, Laksky, Lak, Lakhsky, Lakh, Lakhi, Lakhian
Lak people of Dagestan
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lak people is referenced by 339 other articles, and connects out to Georgians, Circassians and Dargins.
It is catalogued under topics including Ethnic groups in Dagestan, Indigenous peoples of the North Caucasus and Laks (Caucasus).
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Russia dagestan 162 518
- 173,416
- Turkmenistan
- 4,100
- Uzbekistan
- 3,400
- Tajikistan
- 2,300
- Azerbaijan
- 1,600
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Subclass of
- Dagestani people
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Population
- 200000
- Image
- Lakian girl 1883.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Laks (Caucasus)
- Commons category
- Lak people (Dagestan)
- language used
- Lak
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Encyclopedic overview
The Laks (self-designation: Лак, [Lak] ) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native to an inland region known as Lakia within Dagestan in the North Caucasus. They speak the Lak language. Laks historically live in the Lakskiy and Kulinskiy districts of Dagestan. This ethnocultural area is known as Lakia. There are about 200,000 ethnic Laks in the world.
Ethnonym
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lak people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.