Hinukh people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 443 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia
|
443 |
| Languages | |
| Hinukh language, Avar, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tsez people, Avar people | |
443
The Hinukh (Hinukh: гьинухъес hinuqes, Avar: гьинухъесел hinuqesel) are a people of Dagestan living in 2 villages: Genukh, Tsuntinsky District - their 'parent village' and Novomonastyrskoe, Kizlyarsky District - where they settled later and live together with Avars and Dargins and also in the cities of Dagestan. They are being assimilated by the Caucasian Avars.
Etnonym "hinukh" comes from the word hino/hinu - "the road" (suffix -kh/-kho form essive case - "at the road", "on the road"). Bezhta people call them "гьинухъаса" (hinukhasa), Georgians - "ლეკები" (lekebi), "დიდოელები" (didoelebi), Tsez people - "гьинузи" (hinuzi).
In the official documents and the censuses the Hinukh didn't appear as an independent ethnic group. After the forcible deportation of the Vainakh people and disbandment of the Chechen–Ingush ASSR, they were (together with some other Avar–Andi–Dido peoples) resettled in Vedensky District which was given to Dagestan ASSR. After the rehabilitation of the Vainakh peoples in 1958 they settled back in their native lands.
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