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Nenets

Nenets

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A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia
  • noun
: nenets
  • He can speak some Nenets, having worked with the indigenous people in the Arctic region.

Examples

  • The Nenets language is rich in vocabulary related to nature.

  • A collection of folktales has been translated from Nenets into Russian and English.

  • Linguists have studied the structure of Nenets to understand its relationship with other Uralic languages.

  • Are you familiar with the Nenets language?

  • The Nenets language is unique among the Uralic languages spoken in Siberia.

  • Many Nenets people maintain their traditional way of life, herding reindeer in the Arctic.

  • Learning to speak Nenets can help preserve the culture of the Nenets community.

Synonyms

Nentsi
vsNenets
1 9.9

A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia

is the common contemporary form rather than this variant
Nenets language
vsNenets
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A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia

is the same concise label used more generally for that language
Nentsi language
vsNenets
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A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia

is the preferred modern term for that language
Nentsy
vsNenets
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A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia

is the standard spelling rather than that variant
Nentsy language
vsNenets
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A language spoken by the Nentsy people in northern Siberia

is the standard ethnonym for that language in most sources
Yurak-Samoyed language
vsNenets
  • Archaic
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A language once spoken by the Samoyed people of northern Siberia, also called Nenets

is the current name used today for the same language

Compounds

Nenets language
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A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia

Surface Forms

Nenets singular
Nenetses plural

Etymology

The word Nenets comes from the name of the people and was borrowed into Russian. The Nenets are the group who live on the Arctic tundra of northern Siberia, so Nenets is the language those people speak.