21557 Tsakhur 10000-99999 ~7%% "The actual number of Tsakhurs is most likely higher, possibly as high as 50,000 (Ibragimov 1990)." "According to the 1989 Soviet census, there are 19,972 Tsakhur... In the 1989 Soviet census, 93% of Tsakhurs claimed to speak Tsakhur as their first language. A significant percentage, 6%, reported a language other than Russian or Tsakhur as their first language. We assume this is Azerbaijani." The sociolinguistic situation of the Tsakhur in Azerbaijan Off 19,972 10000-99999