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Ostyak-Samoyed

Ostyak-Samoyed

9.9
A language spoken by the Selkup people in Siberia
  • noun
  • Archaic
: idioma ostyak-samoyedo
  • Very few people today still speak Ostyak-Samoyed as their mother tongue.

Examples

  • Scholars have produced several grammars of the Ostyak-Samoyed language to preserve its unique features.

  • Linguists consider Ostyak-Samoyed to be an important branch of the Uralic language family.

  • The Ostyak-Samoyed language is rich in history.

  • Do you speak Ostyak-Samoyed?

  • Linguists consider Ostyak-Samoyed to be an important branch of the Uralic language family.

  • Scholars have produced several grammars of the Ostyak-Samoyed language to preserve its unique features.

  • Very few people today still speak Ostyak-Samoyed as their mother tongue.

Synonyms

Selkup
vsOstyak-Samoyed
9.9

A native language of a small people in Siberia

is the two word older form of the same language name
Ostyak-Samoyed language
vsOstyak-Samoyed
  • Archaic
9.9

A language that the Selkup people speak in northern Russia

is the modern shorter alternative used today
Selkup language
vsOstyak-Samoyed
9.9

A language that the Selkup people speak in northern Siberia

is the general name that does not stress the northern region

Surface Forms

Ostyak-Samoyed singular
Ostyak-Samoyeds plural

Morphology

Ostyak-Samoyed = Ostyak + Samoyed (transparent) = Ostyak + Samoyed

Used as a hyphenated name for the language associated with those groups; composition is the literal juxtaposition of the two ethnonyms.

Etymology

Ostyak-Samoyed as a language name comes from the same two group names, Ostyak and Samoyed, so it means the language of those people and today refers to the Selkup language spoken in parts of Siberia.