The Bagvalal (also called Bagulal, Kwantl Hekwa, Bagolal, Kwanadi, Bagulaltsy, Kvanadin, and Kvanadintsy) are an
Avar–Andi–Dido people of
Dagestan, speaking the
Bagvalal language
The Bagvalal language (Bagulal) is an Avar–Andic language spoken by the Bagvalals in southwestern Dagestan, Russia, along the right bank of the river Andi-Koisu and the surrounding hills, near the Georgian border. It is fairly similar to T ...
. Since the 1930s they have been largely classed as and assimilated by the
Avars. However there were still some people reported separately in the 2002 census. The Bagvalals are
Sunni Muslims.
Geography
The Bagvalal live in mountain villages in the
Tsumadinsky District
Tsumadinsky District (russian: Цумади́нский райо́н, Tsumadínsky rayón; av, Цӏумада мухъ, Ⱬumada muӿ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dage ...
of
Dagestan. The names of the Bagvalal villages are: Kvanada, Gimerso, Tlisi, Tlibisho, Khushtada, and Tlondada.
Demographics
In 1926 there were 3,054 Bagvalals.
References
Sources
*Wixman, Ronald. ''The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook''. (Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1984) p. 19.
{{Peoples of the Caucasus
Peoples of the Caucasus
Ethnic groups in Dagestan
Muslim communities of Russia