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Mingrelia (Georgian: სამეგრელო Samegrelo; Mingrelian: სამარგალო Samargalo; Laz: მარგალონა Margalona) is a historic province in the western part of Georgia, formerly also known as Odishi. It is primarily inhabited by the Mingrelians, a subgroup of Georgians.
The Mingrelians are an indigenous Kartvelian-speaking ethnic subgroup of Georgians that mostly live in Samegrelo region of Georgia. They also live in considerable numbers in Abkhazia and Tbilisi. In the pre-1930 Soviet census, the Megrelians were afforded their own ethnic group category.
The Mingrelians speak the Mingrelian language, and are typically bilingual also in Georgian. Both these languages belong to the Kartvelian language family.

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