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Peoples of Caucasus that speak languages that belong to the Caucasian language family are divided into two groups - North Caucasian and South Caucasian. North Caucasian peoples: •	Northwest Caucasian peoples: o	Abkhazians o	Abazins o	Adyghe o	Cherkess o	Kabardins o	Ubykh •	Nakh peoples: o	Bats o	Chechens o	Ingush •	Northeast Caucasian peoples: o	Avars o	Aguls o	Dargins o	Laks o	Lezgins o	Rutuls o	Tabasarans o	Tsakhurs o	Udins o	Archins South Caucasian peoples: •	Georgians o	Mingrelians o	Svans o	Ajarians •	Laz The largest peoples of the Caucasian language family are Georgians (4,600,000), Chechens (800,000), and Avars (500,000). Georgians are only Caucasian people that have their own independent state - Georgia, while some other of those peoples possess their republics within the Russian Federation: Adyghe (Adygea), Cherkess (Karachay-Cherkessia), Kabardins (Kabardino-Balkaria), Ingush (Ingushetia), Chechens (Chechnya), while Northeast Caucasian peoples mostly live in Dagestan. Abkhazians live in Abkhazia, which is de facto independent, but de jure is autonomous republic within Georgia, while Ajarians live in Ajaria, which is autonomous republic within Georgia. MONGOLOID The term comes from the Mongolian people of East Asia, who had a reputation in Europe for ruthless expansionism and massacre of enemy populations. The "Mongolian" or "yellow race" was defined by Johann Blumenbach to describe the peoples of East Asia. In the nineteenth century Georges Cuvier used the term "Mongolian" again as a racial classification, but additionally included American Indians under the term.[5] Later, Thomas Huxley changed the terminology to Mongoloid and included American Indians but excluded Arctic Native Americans.[6] Other nomenclatures were proposed, such as "Mesochroi",[7] but Mongoloid was widely adopted. In the 20th century, Carleton S. Coon used the term but added on Pacific Islanders into the category. Skulls are round, have small jaws, low nose openings and have small brow ridge. Since people with Down syndrome may appear to look East Asian, the condition was formally called "Mongol" or "Mongoloid Idiocy