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The Nenets language is on the Samoyedic branch of the Uralic language family, with two major dialects, Forest Nenets and Tundra Nenets. Ethnologue says that in Siberia , most young people are still fluent in Nenets, whereas in European Russia , they tend to speak Russian.
The Nenets languages are classified in the Uralic language family, making them distantly related to some national languages spoken in Europe – namely Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian – in addition to other minority languages spoken in Russia. Both of the Nenets languages have been greatly influenced by Russian.
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Aug 3, 2018 · Discover the Nenets one of Russia's indigenous people native to the far north above the Arctic Circle. Learn about their traditional customs and ways of...
- Zita Whalley
At present the Nenets are the largest group speaking Samoyedic, a branch of the Uralic language family. Their name comes from the word nenets meaning “man.” Descended from people formerly inhabiting southwest Siberia , the Nenets are reindeer pastoralists, fishermen, and hunters (especially of wild reindeer) of the tundra, but they also ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nenets is the singular noun for the Nentsy people, ( ненец ‘nenets’, ненцы ‘nentsy’ (pl.) in Russian ), one group of the various peoples that inhabit the Russian tundra. This Samoyedic group includes the Enets, Selkup, and Nganasan people.
Nenets: The Women Standing at Land’s End | Discover Earth. GPS location: 70° 0' -1.63"N 69° -59' -58.77"E. Spoken language : Yamal. Share. For centuries, the Nenets have traveled across the Siberian arctic in one of the most challenging feats humanly possible. The Nenets are nomadic reindeer herders.
The Nenets, an indigenous and small-numbered people of the Russian North, are culturally and linguistically divided into two distinct communities: the Tundra Nenets and the Forest Nenets.
