Alternate Names: Bazht’, Bazht’al, Bechitin, Bexita, Bezheta, Bezhita, Bezhituri, Bezhti, Kapucha, Kapuchin, Kapuchin-Gunzib, Kapuchuri, Khvanal, Kiburabi, Kupuca
Dialects: Bezhta proper, Khocharkhotin, Tlyadaly.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 6,100 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Population total all countries: 6,800.
Language Use: All ages. Positive attitudes. Avar [ava] is literary language. Also use Russian [rus]. Used as L2 by Hunzib [huz].
Language Development: Russian used for education. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1999–2007.
Writing System: Cyrillic
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation
Other Comments: Khvanal is Avar , name for both Bezhta and Hunzib ,. Muslim.