Samoyedic peoples
The Samoyedic people (also Samodeic people)[1] 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 (meaning "self-eater" in Russian) used in Russia for some Indigenous people of Siberia.[2][3]
Peoples
Contemporary
| People | Group | Language | Numbers[4] | Most important territory | Other traditional territories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nenets | Northern Samoyeds | Nenets | 45,000 | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug |
| Enets | Northern Samoyeds | Enets | 200–300 | Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
| Nganasans | Northern Samoyeds | Nganasan | 900–1000 | Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
| Selkups | Southern Samoyeds | Selkup | 3,700 | Tomsk Oblast | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Kamasins | Southern Samoyeds | Kamassian | 2[5] or around 20[6] | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Extinct
- Yurats, who spoke Yurats (Northern Samoyeds)[7]
- Mators or Motors, who spoke Mator (Southern Samoyeds)[7]
- Kamasins, who spoke Kamassian (Southern Samoyeds) (in the last two censuses, two people identified still as Kamasin under the subgroup "other nationalities".)[8][5]
The largest 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 Taymyria autonomous district (formerly known as Dolgano-Nenetsia), but today this area is a territory with special status within Krasnoyarsk Krai. Most of the Selkups live in Yamalo-Nenetsia, but there is also a significant population in Tomsk Oblast.
Gallery
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A group of Samoyeds around a campfire (1914) -
Samoyed winterdress (before 1906) -
Nenets child -
Nenets family -
A reindeer herd in Kolguyev Island in 1895.
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References and notes
- ^ Some ethnologists use the term 'Samodeic people' instead 'Samoyedic', see Balzer, Marjorie (1999). The Tenacity of Ethnicity. Princeton University Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-691-00673-4.
- ^ [T]he term Samoyedic is sometimes considered derogatory in Balzer, Marjorie (1999). The Tenacity of Ethnicity. Princeton University Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-691-00673-4.
Samoyedic derogatory.
- ^ "Samoyeds" had no derogatory meaning and represents a modification of the expression same-edne in Arctic Institute of North America (1961). Anthropology of the North: Translations from Russian Sources. University of Toronto Press. p. 219.
- ^ Demoskop Weekly No 543-544
- ^ a b "Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2020 года. Том 5. Национальный состав и владение языками. Таблица 2. Состав группы населения «Указавшие другие ответы о национальной принадлежности»". Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ "Администрация Саянского района. Унифицированный туристский паспорт. Саянский район Красноярского края". Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ a b Unesco Red Book on Endangered Languages
- ^ https://rosstat.gov.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Vol4/pub-04-02.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links
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