Andi people

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Andis

Total population
c. 40,000 (highest est.)
Regions with significant populations
Russia	16,758 (2021 census)[1]
Languages
Andi language
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Northeast Caucasian peoples

The Andis (къӀваннал in Andi, ГӀандал in

In 1938 the Andis numbered 9,750. By 1990 the population had grown to 10,600. The density of settlement is 39-40 persons per square kilometer. About half of the Andis have emigrated to the Daghestanian lowlands (Khasavyurt, Babayurt, and Kizilyurt districts). Although they were counted as a separate nationality in the 1926 census, the Andis, along with the seven other small communities speaking languages of the Andian Subgroup (see "Linguistic Affiliation"), have been counted as Avars in more recent Soviet censuses. In 2002 the Andis numbered 21,808.

Linguistic affiliation

The Andi language belongs to the Andic subgroup of the Avar–Andic languages, itself a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family. Linguists have described nine Andi. The speech of women and men are distinguished by certain phonetic, lexical, and stylistic features (noted in the village of Andi).

See also

The term Andi is extended to:

• The village of Andi (42°47′02″N 46°15′00″E / 42.784°N 46.250°E / 42.784; 46.250)
• The Andi language
• The
  Sulak River
• The Andi Gates, which extend east from Andi up to the Salatau Plateau
• The Andi Ridge, which separates the basin of the Andi Koysu basin from that of the
  Terek River
  to the north

References