Jek people


Jek people are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group in northern Azerbaijan. The Jeks are one of the numerically small Shahdag peoples. The Jeks are a part of the Shahdag group of Dagestani people, and inhabit the northeast of the Azerbaijan Republic and Shahdag plateau of the Great Caucasus. The historical motherland of the Jeks is the Jek village of Quba Rayon, and their native language is Jek language, a Lezgic language of the Northeast Caucasian family.
The Jek people are being assimilated by the Azerbaijani people. The Jek people are Sunni Muslims.

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