Kakhetians

Kakhetians
Georgian: კახელები kakhelebi

Distribution of the Kakhetian dialect
Total population
c. 500,000
Regions with significant populations
Georgia Kakheti: 271 298 (82,9%) (2014)
Languages
Kakhetian dialect of Georgian language
Religion
† Georgian Orthodox Church
Related ethnic groups
Ingiloy people and Iranian Georgians

Kakhetians (Georgian: კახელები, [kʼɑχɛlɛbi]; sg. კახელი, [kʼɑχɛli]) are an ethnographic group of Georgians who speak the Kakhetian dialect of the Georgian language. Kakhetians are the indigenous population of Kakheti, a historical region and fertile valley in eastern Georgia that produces much of the country's wine.^[1] Like the general population of Georgia, most Kakhetians are adherents of the Georgian Orthodox Church.