The Jek people ( also spelt Jeks, Jeklilar (), Jack or Dzhek people) are a
Northeast Caucasian 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
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i people, and inhabit the northeast of the
Azerbaijan Republic
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and
Shahdag plateau of the
Great Caucasus. The historical motherland of the Jeks is the
Jek village of
Quba Rayon
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, 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
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Bound ...
, 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 Shahdagh in Quba Rayon in northeastern Azerbaijan.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
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Bound ...
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
Muslim communities of the Caucasus
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