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Samoyedic

Samoyedic

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People in northern Siberia speak related languages such as Nenets
  • noun
  • Specialized
: samoyédico
  • Nenets is the most widely spoken of the Samoyedic languages.

Examples

  • The Samoyedic languages are primarily spoken in the northern regions of Siberia.

  • Many linguists have studied the relationship between Samoyedic and other Uralic languages.

  • The Samoyedic languages are unique in their structure.

  • Many linguists study Samoyedic to understand Uralic languages.

  • Nenets is the most widely spoken of the Samoyedic languages.

  • The Samoyedic languages are primarily spoken in the northern regions of Siberia.

  • Many linguists have studied the relationship between Samoyedic and other Uralic languages.

Synonyms

Samoyed
vsSamoyedic
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A group of related languages spoken by native people in northwestern Siberia

refers to the whole group of related Uralic languages rather than one language

Compounds

Samoyedic language
  • Specialized
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A language spoken by the Samoyed people in northwestern Siberia

Surface Forms

Samoyedic singular
Samoyedics plural

Morphology

Samoyedic = Samoyed (transparent) = Samoyed + ic

The productive suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to' attaches to the ethnonym 'Samoyed', so the meaning is directly derived from the base.

Etymology

The word Samoyedic comes from the name Samoyed plus the ending -ic, which means 'related to'. One popular story says the Russian name Samoyed meant 'self-eater', but a helpful way to remember it is that it probably comes from the people's own name in northern Siberia, so Samoyedic simply means 'languages of the Samoyed people'.