Jek people ( also spelt Jeks, Jeklilar ( az, Ceklilər), Jack or Dzhek people) are a
Northeast Caucasian
The Northeast Caucasian languages, also called East Caucasian, Nakh-Daghestani or ''Vainakh-Daghestani'', is a family of languages spoken in the Russian republics of Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia and in Northern Azerbaijan as well as in ...
ethnic group in
Azerbaijan
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. The Jeks are one of the numerically small
Shahdag peoples.
[Wixman, Ronald]
''The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook''
New York: M.E. Sharpe and London, Macmillan. 1984. The Jeks are a part of the Shahdag group of
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
i people, and inhabit the northeast of the
Azerbaijan Republic
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
and
Shahdag plateau of the
Great Caucasus. The historical motherland of the Jeks is the
Jek village of
Quba Rayon
Quba District (; az, Quba rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north-east of the country and belongs to the Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Qusar, Qabala, Ismayilli, Shama ...
, and their native language is
Jek language
Cek, also known as Jek or Dzhek, is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 1,500 to 11,000 Jek people in the village of Jek in the mountains of northern Azerbaijan.
The Jek language is not a written language and Azeri serves as the lite ...
, of the Northeast Caucasian family.
The Jek people are
Sunni Muslims
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.
Gallery
Ceklilər Cek kəndində, 1880 (kişilər)-Yermakov Dmitriy Ivanovich.jpg, Jek people, 1880
Ceklilər Cek kəndində, 1880 (qadınlar)-Yermakov Dmitriy Ivanovich.jpg, Jek people, 1880Germany
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.
See also
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Jek (Quba)
Cek (also, Jek, Dzheg and Dzhek) is a village in the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Əlik. They live, primarily, in the region around Mount Shahdag in Quba Rayon in northeastern Azerbaidzhan.Wixman, Ronald ...
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Jek language
Cek, also known as Jek or Dzhek, is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 1,500 to 11,000 Jek people in the village of Jek in the mountains of northern Azerbaijan.
The Jek language is not a written language and Azeri serves as the lite ...
References
External links
* Tərxan Paşazadə
"Dünyanın nadir etnik qrupu - Azərbaycan cekliləri", Azərbaycan qəzeti
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Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan
Peoples of the Caucasus
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