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🧑‍🌾 A Siberian people 🗣️ A Ugric language
Ostyak

Ostyak

9.9
A language spoken by the Khanty people in western Siberia
  • noun
  • Archaic
: idioma ostyak
  • Few young people now speak Ostyak, leading to concerns about the language's survival.

Examples

  • The Ostyak language has several dialects spoken in western Siberia.

  • The Ostyak language is fascinating to study.

  • Linguists have studied Ostyak to understand its relationship with Hungarian.

  • Many Ostyaks still speak their native language today.

  • Linguists have studied Ostyak to understand its relationship with Hungarian.

  • Few young people now speak Ostyak, leading to concerns about the language's survival.

  • The Ostyak language has several dialects spoken in western Siberia.

Synonyms

Khanty
vsOstyak
1 9.9

A language spoken in western Siberia that is related to Hungarian

is the same language but uses an alternative traditional name
Ostyak language
vsOstyak
  • Archaic
9.9

A language of western Siberia related to Hungarian and spoken by the Ostyak people

is the same language but named with a different common term
Khanty language
vsOstyak
9.9

A language spoken by the Khanty people in western Siberia, related to Hungarian and Mansi

is the same language but uses another traditional label without changing meaning

Compounds

Ostyak language
  • Archaic
9.9

A language of western Siberia related to Hungarian and spoken by the Ostyak people

Ostyak-Samoyed language
  • Archaic
9.9

A language that the Selkup people speak in northern Russia

Ostyak-Samoyed
  • Archaic
9.9

A person of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin who lives in Siberia

Surface Forms

Ostyak singular
Ostyaks plural

Etymology

Ostyak was also used to name the language of the Khanty people, which is related to Hungarian. Because outsiders used the people's name for their speech, Ostyak can mean that language spoken in western Siberia today.