Akhvakh people

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Akhvakhs

Total population
c. 10,000
Regions with significant populations
Russia	5,282 (2021 census)[1]
Azerbaijan	2,600 (estimate)
Languages
Akhvakh language
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Northeast Caucasian peoples

The Akhvakhs (also known as Akhwakh, Akhvakhtsy or G'akhevalal; ГІахьвалал in Avar) are one of the Andi–Dido peoples of Dagestan and have their own language. They call themselves Atluatii or Ashvado. Prior to 1930 Soviet ethnologists considered them to be a distinct ethnic group.^{[citation needed]} Since that time they have often been classified as Avars.