Nenets (Noun)
Meaning
A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Nenets language is spoken by the Nenets people, who are an indigenous group living in northern Siberia.
- Nenets is a Uralic language closely related to the Enets and Nganasan languages.
- In the 19th century, Nenets was a lingua franca in the region, used for communication among various ethnic groups.
- There are two main dialects of the Nenets language: the Tundra Nenets and the Forest Nenets.
- Efforts have been made to document and preserve the Nenets language, which is considered an endangered language due to the small number of speakers.