Lak people
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There are two different people known as the Laks:
- The Lak people (Dagestan)Lak people (Dagestan)The Laks, self-designation Lak, are an indigenous people of Dagestan, speaking the Lak language. There are about 170,000 ethnic Laks.-History:An ancient polity on the Lak territory was the principality of Gumik...
living in Dagestan, a Republic officially autonomous within the Russian Federation. - The Lak people (Iran)Lak people (Iran)The Laks are an Iranian group in southwestern Iran. They speak Laki , a Northwestern Iranian language, that is usually grouped with Southern Kurdish dialects...
living in Iran.