Total population | |
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c. 89 995 - 100 000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Georgia Samtskhe-Javakheti: 89 995 or 43,4 % (2002) Turkey Ardahan province: unknown |
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Languages | |
Meskhetian dialect of Georgian language | |
Religion | |
Predominantly † Georgian Orthodox Church Catholic and Muslim minority. |
Meskhetians (Georgian: მესხები, Meskhebi) are an ethnographic subgroup of Georgians who speak Meskhetian dialect of Georgian language and mostly live in the historical region of Meskheti, in southern Georgia.