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Ethnolinguistic group indigenous to Siberia, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Samoyedic peoples
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For other uses, see Samoyed (disambiguation).

The Samoyedic peoples (sometimes Samodeic peoples)[a] are a group of closely related peoples who speak Samoyedic languages, which are part of the Uralic family. They are a linguistic, ethnic, and cultural grouping. The name derives from the obsolete term Samoyed used in Russian Empire for some of the indigenous peoples of Siberia, see Samoyedic languages#Etymology for comments of the etymology.

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Geographical distribution of Samoyedic-speaking peoples in the 17th (hatched area) and 20th (solid color) centuries
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Peoples

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Classification

Traditionally, Samoyedic languages and peoples have been divided into two major areal groups: Northern Samoyedic (Nenets, Yurats, Enets, Nganasans), and Southern Samoyedic (Selkups) with a further subgroup of Sayan-Samoyedic (Kamasins, Mators) named after the Sayan Mountains. This classification does not reflect linguistic relations, being purely geographical.

The most numerous of the Samoyedic peoples are the Nenets, who mainly live in two autonomous districts of Russia: Yamalo-Nenetsia and Nenetsia. Some of the Nenets and most of the Enets and Nganasans used to live in the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District. Most of the Selkups live in Yamalo-Nenetsia, but there is also a significant population in Tomsk Oblast.

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Gallery

Historical pictures

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    Yenisei Samoyedes (Enets people) around a campfire (1914)
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    Nganasans, 1927
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    Nganasan folkloric group, 2018
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    Nenets group, 1913
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    Nenets family
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    Nenets children, 2016
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    Northern Selkups, 2012
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    Kamasin family, 1925

See also

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 978-0-691-00673-4.
  2. 0,2% of the population of Sayansky District (21 ppl) are declared as Kamasins and their descendants by the district administration in the official tourist guide (2021).

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