Kumyk
| Population | 239,000 |
| Language group | Kypchak group of the Turkic languages |
| Language | Kumyk |
| Region | Daghestan, Chechen-Ingush Republic, North Ossetia |
| Religion | Islam/Sunnite |
*Population estimates for 1994
The Kumyk are the people inhabiting mostly plains and partially foot-hills of Daghestan.
The ethnogenesis of the Kumyk incorporates ancient tribes of the Northeastern Daghestan and the newly come Turkic-speaking tribes, mainly the Kypchak whose language was adopted by local peoples.
Anthropologically and culturally, art, music and folklore have gained new force in their development.
Kumyk believers are Islam-Sunnites.
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