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| | Peoples of the Caucasus, by John Colarusso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) |
 | | In one high village, standing apart from them, are the Archis (1,000), whose links lie further south with the so-called Lezgian peoples: the Aghuls (14,000), Tabasarans (78,000), and Rutuls (15,000). |
 | | Some languages, such as Lak and Tabasaran have nearly fifty cases, the largest such systems known anywhere. |
 | | Chechen and Ingush are written languages, as are Avar, Lak, Dargwa, Tabasaran, and Lezgi. |
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