Languages of Nagorno-Karabakh
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The official language of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
is Armenian
. Ethnic Armenians make up roughly 95% of the population. There are also minority groups of Russians, Assyrians, Kurds, Jews and Greeks. Prior to the Nagorno-Karabakh War
the former Ethnic Azeri population was much higher, with about 528,000 persons displaced from the area during and after the war, thus reducing the percentage of Azeri language speakers in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , or Artsakh Republic is a de facto independent republic located in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia...
is Armenian
Armenian language
The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...
. Ethnic Armenians make up roughly 95% of the population. There are also minority groups of Russians, Assyrians, Kurds, Jews and Greeks. Prior to the Nagorno-Karabakh War
Nagorno-Karabakh War
The Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan...
the former Ethnic Azeri population was much higher, with about 528,000 persons displaced from the area during and after the war, thus reducing the percentage of Azeri language speakers in Nagorno-Karabakh.