The Chamalals are an indigenous people 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 ...
, North Caucasia living in a few villages in the Tsumadinsky District on the left bank of the Andi-Koisu river. They have their own language, Chamalal language, Chamalal, and primarily follow Sunni Islam, which reached the Chamalal people around the 8th or 9th century. There are about 5,000 ethnic Chamalals (1999, Kubrik).
They are culturally similar to the Avar people (Caucasus), Avars.
Neighboring peoples are the Godoberi people, Godoberi, Avars, Bagvalal people, Bagvalals, and Tindi people, Tindis.
References
The peoples of the Red Book: Chamalals
Ethnic groups in Dagestan
Muslim communities of Russia
Peoples of the Caucasus
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