Samoyedic peoples

A group of Samoyedes around a campfire, 1914
Samoyed (before 1906)

The term Samoyedic peoples (also Samodeic peoples) [1] is used to describe peoples speaking Samoyedic languages, which are part of the Uralic family. They are a linguistic grouping, not an ethnic or cultural one. The name derives from the obsolete term Samoyed used in Russia for some indigenous peoples of Siberia.[2][3] The term "Samoyed" was originally a Russian word, a corrupted form of the ethnonym "Saamod". "Samoyed" in Russian literally means "Self-Eating", but this is not the original meaning and is thus considered pejorative.

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Peoples

Samoyedic peoples include:

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).

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References and notes

  1. ^ Some ethnologists use the term 'Samodeic peoples' instead 'Samoyedic', see Balzer, Marjorie (1999). The Tenacity of Ethnicity. Princeton University Press. p. 241. ISBN 9780691006734. http://books.google.com/books?id=jZedV50h5-kC&pg=PA241. 
  2. ^ [T]he term Samoyedic is sometimes considered derogatory in Balzer, Marjorie (1999). The Tenacity of Ethnicity. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691006734. http://books.google.com/books?id=jZedV50h5-kC&pg=PA241&dq=Samoyedic+derogatory. 
  3. ^ "Samoyeds" had no derogatory meaning and represents a modification of the expression same-edne in Arctic Institute of North America (1961). Anthropology of the North: Translations from Russian Sources. University of Toronto Press. p. 219. http://books.google.com/books?spell=1&q=%22expression+same-edne. 
Peoples speaking Uralic languages
Finno-Ugric peoples
Samoyedic peoples