Ostyak
Ostyak (
Khanty
The Khanty people, who also call themselves Khanti, Khande, or Kantek were known to the Russians as
As of 2002[update] some 28,000 people identify as Khanty, primarily in Tyumen Oblast, which includes the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug.[2]
The Khanty language, also known as Hanty, Khant, Xanty, or Ostyak, is a Uralic language with about 9,500 native speakers.[3]
Ket
The Kets historically lived near the
The Ket language, also known as Imbatski-Ket or Yenisei Ostyak, is a Yeniseian language. It is considered severely endangered to moribund.[3]
Selkup
The Selkup people were known as Ostyak-Samoyeds until the 1930s. They are descended from both Yeniseian and Samoyedic peoples, and live in the northern parts of the Siberian plain. About 4,000 people identified as Selkup during the 2002 Russian census.[2]
The Selkup language, also known as Selkups, Chumyl' Khumyt, Shöl Khumyt, Shösh Gulla, Syusugulla, or Ostyak Samoyed, is a Uralic Samoyedic language with perhaps two thousand or more native speakers. The northern dialect is taught in some schools.[3]
See also
- Paleosiberian languages
References
- ^ "Khants or Ostyaks". Endangered Uralic Peoples. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ^ a b c "Численность коренных малочисленных народов Севера". Archived from the original on 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2013-07-24. (in Russian)
- ^ a b c Lewis, M. Paul; Simons, Gary; Fennig, Charles (2013). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Seventeenth ed.). SIL International.
- ^ Vajda, Edward. "The Ket and Other Yeniseian Peoples". Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
Further reading
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 359.