Samoyedic peoples

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Geographical distribution of Samoyedic, Finnic, Ugric and Yukaghir languages ██ Yukaghir ██ Samoyedic ██ Ugric ██ Finnic
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Geographical distribution of Samoyedic, Finnic, Ugric and Yukaghir languages ██ Yukaghir ██ Samoyedic ██ Ugric ██ Finnic

The term Samoyedic peoples is used to describe peoples speaking a Samoyedic language.

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[edit] Peoples

Samoyedic peoples include:

[edit] Location

The largest of these peoples are Nenets numbering 34,000. They live in three autonomous districts of Russia: Nenetsia, Yamalia (also known as Yamalo-Nenetsia), and Taymyria (formerly known as Dolgano-Nenetsia).

[edit] References

  • Mile Nedeljković, Leksikon naroda sveta, Beograd, 2001.

[edit] See also

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