Enets
Sign in to saveThe Enets (, ; singular: , ; also known as Yenetses, Entsy, Entsi, Yenisei or Yenisey Samoyeds) are a Samoyedic ethnic group who live on the east bank, near the mouth, of the Yenisei River. Historically they were nomadic people. As of 2002, most Enets lived in the village of in Krasnoyarsk Krai in western Siberia near the Arctic Circle. According to the 2010 Census, there are 227 Enets in Russia. In Ukraine, there were 26 Entsi in 2001, of whom 18 were capable of speaking the Enets language.
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- Ethnic group.group
- Enetsэнцы
- Ethnic group.image
- File:No-nb bldsa 3f069.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Enets people trading fish near Yeniseisk, 1913
- Ethnic group.population
- 260
- Ethnic group.region1
- Russia
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 227(2010)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 26(2001)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Enets
- Ethnic group.related
- Other Samoyedic peoples
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- Population
- 227
- Image
- No-nb bldsa 3f069.jpg
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- Enets people
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The Enets (, ; singular: , ; also known as Yenetses, Entsy, Entsi, Yenisei or Yenisey Samoyeds) are a Samoyedic ethnic group who live on the east bank, near the mouth, of the Yenisei River. Historically they were nomadic people. As of 2002, most Enets lived in the village of in Krasnoyarsk Krai in western Siberia near the Arctic Circle. According to the 2010 Census, there are 227 Enets in Russia. In Ukraine, there were 26 Entsi in 2001, of whom 18 were capable of speaking the Enets language.
The Enets language is a Samoyedic language, formerly known as Yenisei Samoyedic (not to be confused with the Yeniseian language family, which is completely unrelated). Older generation still speaks their language, but education is in Russian and very little of Enets language is taught and the language is almost unused in everyday life.