Tags: Ethnic Group.
Kumyks (Kumyk: къумукълар qumuqlar Russian: кумыки) are a Turkic people living in the Kumyk plateau in north Dagestan and south Terek and the lands bordering the Caspian Sea. They comprise 14% of the population of the Russian republic of Dagestan. They speak the Kumyk language. Kumyks practice folk Islam with some religious rituals that trace back to pre-Islamic times.
