Overview

Aghul is a language of the Lezgic branch within the Nakh-Daghestanian, or East Caucasian, family. Other Lezgic languages are Lezgian, Tabassaran, Tsakhur, Rutul, Budugh, Kryz, Archi and Udi.

According to the official 2002 census, there are 28297 ethnic Aguls in Russia (11065 in urban and 17232 in rural areas).
There are 29399 Agul speakers in Russia, of these 25447 in Daghestan (ca. 90% of speakers are Aguls, and apart from them Lezgians, Dargins, Tabassarans, i.e. those peoples with which
mixed marriages are most common).

The original Agul-speaking area is Southern Daghestan. Most part of the speakers live in the Agul and the Kurah districts of Daghestan in 19 mountain villages; plus there are those who resettled to the lowlands, but not many of them live in compact
groups.