Kumuks
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| Total population | |
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| 505,000 (est. 14.2% of the population of Republic of Dagestan); unknown number of Kumyks living outside of Dagestan | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia
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503,060 |
 Ukraine
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718 |
| Languages | |
| Kumyk, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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Historical: Khazars, Sabir people, Cuman-Kipchaks, North Caucasian Huns, Bulgars Modern: Crimean Tatars, Balkars, Karachays, Nogais, Volga Tatars, North Caucasian peoples |
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Historical: Khazars, Sabir people, Cuman-Kipchaks, North Caucasian Huns, Bulgars
Kumyks (Kumyk: къумукълар, qumuqlar, Russian: кумыки) are a Turkic people living in the Kumyk plateau (in northern Dagestan to the south of the Terek river), the lands bordering the Caspian Sea, Northern Ossetia, Chechnya and the banks of the Terek river. They speak the Kumyk language, which until the 1930s had been the lingua-franca of the Northern Caucasus.
According to the national census of 2010 there are more than 500,000 Kumyks in Russia.
Notable Kumyks: , Temirbulat (Timour) Bammate, Najmuddin Bammate, Ilyas Bekbulatov, Bozigit Ataev, Jamal Ajigerey (wushu star and actor, 12-time European and 1-time world wushu champion), Nariman Israpilov, Rustam Khabilov, Bakhtiyar Akhmedov, Saypulla Absaidov, Magomet-Gasan Abushev, Marid Mutalimov, Muslim Salikhov, Marat Gafurov, Nasrulla Nasrullayev, Zapir Rasulov, .
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