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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Dagestan]]

[[Category:Ethnic groups in Dagestan]]

[[Category:Muslim communities of Russia]]

[[Category:Muslim communities of Russia]]

[[Category:Peoples of the Caucasus]]

[[Category: of the Caucasus]]

[[Category:Muslim communities of the Caucasus]]

[[Category:Muslim communities of the Caucasus]]

Ethnic group of Dagestan, Russia

Ethnic group

The Tindi are an indigenous people of Dagestan, North Caucasus living in five villages in the central area around the Andi-Koysu river and the surrounding mountains in northwestern southern Dagestan. They have their own language, Tindi, and primarily follow Sunni Islam, which reached the Tindi people around the 8th or 9th century. The only time the Tindi were counted as a distinct ethnic group in the Russian Census was in 1926, when 3,812 reported being ethnic Tindis. In 1967, there were about 5,000 ethnic Tindi (T. Gudava^{[full citation needed]}). They are culturally similar to the Avars.

The basis of the Tindis’ ethnic identity is their language, but its use is limited to domestic settings and is decreasing. Therefore, the Tindis are in danger of assimilation by the Avars, whose language is the dominant local one.

Neighboring peoples are the Chamalals, Avars, Bagvalals, Akhvakhs, and Khwarshis.