Samoyedic peoples

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

  • Southern Samoyedic peoples

[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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