Archins

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Archins are a small indigenous ethnic group of Dagestan in the North Caucasus, known for their distinct Northeast Caucasian language and traditional mountain village communities.

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Archins canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
autonymLanguage Archi language
citizenshipOfMostMembers Russia
continent Asia
country Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
demographicTrend small and declining population
ethnolinguisticGroup Northeast Caucasian peoples
ethnonym Archins
geographicalEnvironment mountainous
governedBy Republic of Dagestan authorities
hasLanguageWithRichMorphology true
historicalLifestyle rural
language Archi language
languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
languageEndangermentStatus vulnerable
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages
linguisticStatus distinct Northeast Caucasian language community
locatedIn Dagestan
North Caucasus
minorityStatus small ethnic minority in Dagestan
nativeName Аршиштти
nativeNameLanguage Archi language
partOfEthnicCompositionOf Dagestan
partOfLargerRegion Caucasus
populationEstimate a few thousand
primaryResidenceType compact rural settlements
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleOf Dagestan
recognizedAsMinorityIn Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
region Republic of Dagestan
relatedEthnicGroup Avars
Lezgins
Tsakhurs
religion Sunni Islam
religionBranch Islam
traditionalClothingRegion North Caucasus
traditionalCultureArea Caucasus
traditionalEconomy agriculture
pastoralism
sheep herding
traditionalHousing stone houses
traditionalReligion Sunni Islam
traditionalSettlementRegion Southern Dagestan
linked to: Dagestan
traditionalSettlementType mountain village
traditionalSocialOrganization village community
writingSystemUsedForLanguage Cyrillic script

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Peoples of Dagestan hasPart Archins
Archins ethnonym Archins