![]() Udi women from Vartashen (now Oğuz), 1900 | |
Total population | |
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c. 10,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 2,551 (2020) |
![]() | 4,100 |
![]() | 592[2] |
![]() | 202[3] |
![]() | 174[4] |
Languages | |
Udi, Azerbaijani, and Russian | |
Religion | |
Albanian-Udi Church, Eastern Orthodox Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Northeast Caucasian-speaking peoples Especially Aghuls, Lezgins, and Tabasarans |
Udis (endonym Udi or Uti) are a native people of the Caucasus that currently live mainly in Russia and Azerbaijan, with smaller populations in Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and other countries. Their total number is about 10,000 people. They speak the Udi language, which belongs to the Northeast Caucasian language family. Some also speak Azerbaijani, Russian, Georgian, or Armenian, depending on where they reside. Their religion is Christianity.