Enets

Also known as Yenisey, Enets language

Samoyedic pair of languages by the Enets people in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Key facts

Native to: Russia
Region: Krasnoyarsk Krai , along the lower Yenisei River
Ethnicity: 260 Enets people (2010 census)
Native speakers: 69 (2020 census, Russia) , 18 (2001, Ukraine)
Language family: Uralic Samoyedic (core) Enets– Nenets Enets
Iso 639 3: Either:, enf – Forest Enets, enh – Tundra Enets
Glottolog: enet1250
Elp: Forest Enets

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Show 2 more facts

number of speakers, writers, or signers: 119
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-428394566

Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~16 min read

Article

Enets (Forest Enets: Онэй база) is a Samoyedic language of Northern Siberia spoken on the Lower Yenisei within the boundaries of the Taimyr Municipality District, a subdivision of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation. Enets belongs to the Northern branch of the Samoyedic languages, in turn a branch of the Uralic language family.

Status