Ethno-linguistic groups in the Caucasus region
Ethno-linguistic groups in the Caucasus region.
The people who currently live in the Caucasus area speak in the present approximately one hundred different languages and dialects, belonging to the linguistic families of the Caucasian languages (some 60 or 70 different languages), but also to others, such as the family of the Indo-European languages, that of the Altaic languages or that of the Semitic languages. Russian is used as a lingua franca, especially in the North Caucasus.
The Caucasus is one of the most varied regions in the world in terms of its ethnic composition. Dozens of different people live there, some present for thousands of years, others arrived a few centuries a go, like the Russians, and they practice at least seven religions: Jewish, Christianity (Orthodox, Monophysite, among others), Islam (Sunni, Shia), the Bahá'í and Buddhist faith. Map 2007.
The people who currently live in the Caucasus area speak in the present approximately one hundred different languages and dialects, belonging to the linguistic families of the Caucasian languages (some 60 or 70 different languages), but also to others, such as the family of the Indo-European languages, that of the Altaic languages or that of the Semitic languages. Russian is used as a lingua franca, especially in the North Caucasus.
The Caucasus is one of the most varied regions in the world in terms of its ethnic composition. Dozens of different people live there, some present for thousands of years, others arrived a few centuries a go, like the Russians, and they practice at least seven religions: Jewish, Christianity (Orthodox, Monophysite, among others), Islam (Sunni, Shia), the Bahá'í and Buddhist faith. Map 2007.
