Samoyedic peoples
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 Indigenous people of Siberia, see Samoyedic languages#Etymology for comments of the etymology.
Peoples[edit]
Contemporary[edit]
| People | Language | Numbers[1] | Most important territory | Other traditional territories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nenets | Nenets | 45,000 | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug |
| Enets | Enets | 200–300 | Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
| Nganasans | Nganasan | 900–1000 | Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
| Selkups | Selkup | 3,700 | Tomsk Oblast | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Kamasins | Kamassian | 20[2][b] | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Extinct[edit]
Comments[edit]
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, based on the fact that the two groups were separated by a belt of the land of Ugric peoples.
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 Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District. Most of the Selkups live in Yamalo-Nenetsia, but there is also a significant population in Tomsk Oblast.
Gallery[edit]
Historical pictures[edit]
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Samoyed in summer dress, in 1781, by Johann Gottlieb Georgi -
Samoyed in 1781 by Johann Gottlieb Georgi -
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Habit of a Samoyed woman and child in 1768, by Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche[4] -
Samoyed winter dress (before 1906) -
A reindeer herd in Kolguyev Island in 1895.
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Modern[edit]
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Yenisei Samoyedes (Enets people) around a campfire (1914) -
Nganasans, 1927 -
Nganasan folkloric group, 2018 -
Nenets group, 1913 -
Nenets family -
Nenets children, 2016 -
A Selkup man -
Selkups, 2012 -
Kamasin family, 1925
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See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
References[edit]
- ^ Demoskop Weekly No 543-544
- ^ "Администрация Саянского района. Унифицированный туристский паспорт. Саянский район Красноярского края". Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ a b Unesco Red Book on Endangered Languages
- ^ "Habit of a Samoyede woman and child subject to Russia in 1768. Femme Samoyèd". New York Public Library Digital Collections website.
External links[edit]
Media related to Samoyedic peoples at Wikimedia Commons
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