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Adyghe Russian Avar Lak KAZAKHSTAN Abaza ^ Chechen ") ") Avar ^") Adyghe Nogai Kabardian ") Ingush ") Lak Karachay-Balkar ^ Russian Avar Nal'chik ^ Dargwa ") Abkhaz '^ Groznyy Khasav'yurt Dargwa ") Caspian Georgian ^ Chechen ^ ^ Sea Svan Botlikh Andi Kumyk Sokhumi Ghodoberi ² Karata Hinukh Avar Chechen Tabassaran Abkhaz Georgian Chamalal Archi Mingrelian Osetin Bagvalal Dargwa Osetin Tindi Akhvakh ") K'ut'aisi Bats Dido Khvarshi ") Black Hunzib Lak Aghul Sea Northern Bezhta Kurdish Tsakhur North Georgian Avar Azerbaijani Osetin ^ Tsakhur Lezgi Bat'umi T'bilisi Georgian Budukh ^ Laz ")Rust'avi Rutul

Source of Language Area Boundaries: North Lezgi Note: Grey areas are Global Mapping International -- World Judeo-Tat areas for which there is Azerbaijani Tsakhur Language Mapping System Armenian Budukh no language information. ^ Khinalugh Kryts ^ Abkhaz Muslim Tat Laz Rutul ^ ^ Artvin North Lezgi ^ Rize ") Azerbaijani Udi ^ Trabzon (Coruh) ") Georgian Vanadzor Ganca ") ") Kars Gyumri Sumqayit ^ ARMENIA North Azerbaijani ^ Gumushane ^ ^ Turkish Armenian South Armenian ^ ^ Azerbaijani ^ North Northern Kurdish Erzurum South Azerbaijani ^ Azerbaijani ") Erzincan Agri^ North Azerbaijani ^ ^ Turkmen Parsabad AZERBAIJAN Northern Kurdish South Northern Kurdish ^Naxcivan Azerbaijani Tunceli ^ 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 ^ km Northern Armenian Talysh ^ Kurdish ^ ") ^ ") ^ ") ^ ^ ^ ^ ") ^ ") ^ ^ ^ ^

Kalmyk-Oirat Stavropol' Russian ^ Russian ^ RUSSIA Lak Languages of the Caucasus Avar Region With Topography Maykop^ Adyghe Dargwa Adyghe Avar Lak Abaza KAZAKHSTAN ^Cherkessk Russian Chechen

Avar Aktau ^ Adyghe Nogai Nal'chik Ingush Lak Karachay-Balkar ^ Kabardian Russian # Mt Elbrus Dargwa Avar 5,642 m ^ Abkhaz Nazran^ Groznyy Dargwa Georgian Vladikavkaz^ Chechen ^Makhachkala ^ elevation of surface: -28 meters Sokhumi Svan Botlikh Andi Kumyk Ghodoberi Karata Abkhaz Hinukh Avar Chechen Tabassaran Georgian Chamalal Archi Osetin Bagvalal Dargwa Mingrelian Osetin Tindi Akhvakh Bats Dido Khvarshi Lak Hunzib ² GEORGIA Northern Bezhta Aghul Kurdish Tsakhur North Black Sea Avar Azerbaijani Osetin ^ Georgian Tsakhur Lezgi T'bilisi Georgian Budukh Bat'umi^ Laz Rutul

North Lezgi Note: Grey areas are Judeo-Tat areas for which there is Azerbaijani Tsakhur Armenian Budukh no language information. ^ ^ Khinalugh Kryts Laz Abkhaz Muslim Tat North Rutul ^ ^ Artvin Lezgi ^ Trabzon^ Georgian Azerbaijani Udi ^ Rize (Coruh) Kars Armenian Turkish TURKEY ^ North Azerbaijani ^ Gumushane ARMENIA Baku^ ^ South Azerbaijani Armenian AZERBAIJAN ^ Elevation in Meters ^Yerevan ^ North Northern Kurdish sea level 250.1 - 500 2,001 - 3,000 South Azerbaijani ^ Azerbaijani Turkmen Mt Ararat # North Azerbaijani - 28 - 0 500.1 - 1,000 3,001 - 4,000 ^ 5,137 m ^ ^ Agri AZERBAIJAN 0 - 250 1,001 - 2,000 4,001 - 5,642 South Northern Kurdish Northern Kurdish ^ Source of Language Area Boundaries: Global Mapping Naxcivan Azerbaijani International -- World^ Language Mapping System 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 ^ km IRAN Northern Armenian Talysh ^ Kurdish ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Kalmyk-Oirat Russian Russian RUSSIA Lak Populations For the Languages Avar Adyghe Dargwa of the Caucasus Region

Adyghe Abaza Avar Lak Russian Kazakhstan Chechen

Avar Adyghe Nogai Ingush Lak Karachay-Balkar Kabardian Russian Dargwa Avar Abkhaz Dargwa Georgian Chechen Caspian Sea Svan Botlikh Andi Kumyk Ghodoberi ² Karata Hinukh Avar Chechen Tabassaran Abkhaz Georgian Chamalal Archi Mingrelian Osetin Bagvalal Dargwa Osetin Tindi Akhvakh Bats Dido Khvarshi Black Hunzib Lak Aghul Sea GEORGIA Northern Bezhta Kurdish Tsakhur North Avar Azerbaijani Osetin Georgian Tsakhur Lezgi Source of population data: Joshua Georgian Budukh Project www.joshuaproject.net Laz Rutul Source of Language Area Boundaries: North Lezgi Note: Grey areas are Global Mapping International -- World Judeo-Tat areas for which there is Azerbaijani Tsakhur Language Mapping System Armenian Budukh no language information. Khinalugh Kryts Laz Muslim Tat Abkhaz North Rutul Lezgi Azerbaijani Georgian Udi Armenian Turkish TURKEY North Azerbaijani ARMENIA South Armenian AZERBAIJAN Azerbaijani North Northern Kurdish For Each Language in Each Country South Azerbaijani Turkmen 0 - 5,000 500,001 - 1,000,000 North AZERBAIJANAzerbaijani Northern South 5,001 - 25,000 1,000,001 - 5,000,000 Northern Kurdish Kurdish Azerbaijani 25,001 - 100,000 5,000,001 - 10,000,000 Armenian Talysh 100,001 - 500,000 over 10,000,000 0 50 100 150 200 250 IRAN Northern km Kurdish Kalmyk-Oirat Russian Russian RUSSIA Lak Percentage of the Population That Are Avar Christians For the Languages of the Adyghe Dargwa Caucasus Region Adyghe Abaza Avar Lak Russian Kazakhstan Chechen

Avar Adyghe Nogai Ingush Lak Karachay-Balkar Kabardian Russian Dargwa Avar Abkhaz Dargwa Georgian Chechen Caspian Sea Svan Botlikh Andi Kumyk Ghodoberi ² Karata Hinukh Avar Chechen Tabassaran Abkhaz Georgian Chamalal Archi Mingrelian Osetin Bagvalal Dargwa Osetin Tindi Akhvakh Bats Dido Khvarshi Black Hunzib Lak Aghul Sea GEORGIA Northern Bezhta Kurdish Tsakhur North Avar Azerbaijani Osetin Georgian Tsakhur Lezgi Source of religion data: Joshua Georgian Budukh Project www.joshuaproject.net Laz Rutul Source of Language Area Boundaries: North Lezgi Note: Grey areas are Global Mapping International -- World Judeo-Tat areas for which there is Azerbaijani Tsakhur Language Mapping System Armenian Budukh no language information. Khinalugh Kryts Laz Muslim Tat Abkhaz North Rutul Lezgi Azerbaijani Georgian Udi Turkish TURKEY Armenian North Azerbaijani ARMENIA Percentage of the Population That Are South Armenian AZERBAIJAN Azerbaijani Christians For Each Language North Northern Kurdish Azerbaijani 0.00 % 10.01 - 25 % South Azerbaijani Turkmen 0.01 - 0.50 % 25.01 - 50 % North AZERBAIJANAzerbaijani Northern Kurdish South 0.51 - 1 % 50.01 - 75 % Northern Kurdish Azerbaijani 1.01 - 5 % 75.01 - 100 % Armenian Talysh 0 50 100 150 200 250 5.01 - 10 % Northern IRAN km Kurdish Kalmyk-Oirat Russian Russian RUSSIA Lak Percentage of the Population That Are Avar Evangelicals For the Languages of the Adyghe Dargwa Caucasus Region Adyghe Abaza Avar Lak Russian Kazakhstan Chechen

Avar Adyghe Nogai Ingush Lak Karachay-Balkar Kabardian Russian Dargwa Avar Abkhaz Dargwa Georgian Chechen Caspian Sea Svan Botlikh Andi Kumyk Ghodoberi ² Karata Hinukh Avar Chechen Tabassaran Abkhaz Georgian Chamalal Archi Mingrelian Osetin Bagvalal Dargwa Osetin Tindi Akhvakh Bats Dido Khvarshi Black Hunzib Lak Aghul Sea GEORGIA Northern Bezhta Kurdish Tsakhur North Avar Azerbaijani Osetin Georgian Tsakhur Lezgi Source of religion data: Joshua Georgian Budukh Project www.joshuaproject.net Laz Rutul Source of Language Area Boundaries: North Lezgi Note: Grey areas are Global Mapping International -- World Judeo-Tat areas for which there is Azerbaijani Tsakhur Language Mapping System Armenian Budukh no language information. Khinalugh Kryts Laz Muslim Tat Abkhaz North Rutul Lezgi Azerbaijani Georgian Udi TURKEY Armenian North Azerbaijani Turkish ARMENIA South Armenian AZERBAIJAN Azerbaijani North Northern Kurdish Percentage of the Population That Are Azerbaijani Evangelicals For Each Language South Azerbaijani Turkmen 0.00 % 1.01 - 2.00 % North AZERBAIJANAzerbaijani Northern Kurdish South 0.01 - 0.25 % 2.01 - 5.00 % Northern Kurdish Azerbaijani 0.26 - 0.50 % 5.01 - 9.00 % Armenian Talysh 0.51 - 1.00 % IRAN Northern 0 50 100 150 200 250 Kurdish km ^ ^

") Russian Kalmyk-Oirat Stavropol Russian ") ^ ^ Armavir RUSSIA Lak Languages of the Caucasus Region Avar Joshua Project Progress Scale ") ") Nevinnomyssk Dargwa ^Maykop Adyghe

Adyghe Russian Avar Lak KAZAKHSTAN Abaza ^Cherkessk Chechen ") Pyatigorsk Kislovodsk") Avar ^") Adyghe Nogai Aktau Sochi Kabardian ") Ingush ") Lak Karachay-Balkar ^ Russian Avar Nal'chik ^ Dargwa ") Abkhaz Nazran'^ Groznyy Khasav'yurt Dargwa ") Caspian Georgian Vladikavkaz^ Chechen ^Makhachkala ^ Sea Svan Botlikh Andi Kumyk Sokhumi Ghodoberi ² Karata Hinukh Avar Chechen Tabassaran Abkhaz Georgian Chamalal Archi Mingrelian Osetin Bagvalal Dargwa Osetin Tindi Akhvakh ") K'ut'aisi Bats Dido Khvarshi ") Derbent Black Hunzib Lak Aghul Sea GEORGIA Northern Bezhta Kurdish Tsakhur North Georgian Avar Azerbaijani Osetin ^ Tsakhur Lezgi Bat'umi T'bilisi Georgian Budukh ^ Laz ")Rust'avi Rutul

Source of Language Area Boundaries: North Lezgi Note: Grey areas are Global Mapping International -- World Judeo-Tat areas for which there is Azerbaijani Tsakhur Language Mapping System Armenian Budukh no language information. ^ ^ Khinalugh Kryts Laz Abkhaz Mingachevir ReservoirRutul Muslim Tat ^ ^ Artvin Armenian North Lezgi ^ Rize ") Azerbaijani Udi ^ Trabzon (Coruh) ") Georgian Vanadzor Ganca ") ") Kars Gyumri Sumqayit TURKEY Turkish ^ North Azerbaijani ^ Lake Sevan Baku^ ^ ARMENIA Joshua Project Progress Scale South Armenian AZERBAIJAN ^ ^ www.joshuaproject.net Azerbaijani ^ Yerevan Northern Kurdish North 1.1 Very few, if any, known Evangelicals.Erzurum South ^ Azerbaijani Azerbaijani Professing Christians less than or equal to 5%. ") Erzincan Agri^ North Azerbaijani ^ 1.2 Evangelicals^ greater than 0.01%, but less Turkmen Parsabad than or equal to 2%. AZERBAIJAN Professing Christians less than or equal to 5%. South 2.2 Evangelicals greater than 0.01%, but less than Northern Kurdish Northern Kurdish ^Naxcivan or equal to 2%. Azerbaijani ProfessingTunceli Christians greater than 5%. ^ Armenian 3.2 Evangelicals greater than 5%. Talysh ^ Northern 0 50 100 150 200 250 IRAN km ^ Lake Van Kurdish ^ ") ^ ") ^ ") ^ ^ ^ ^ ") ^ ") ^ ^