Enets
Samoyedic ethnic group in Siberia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Enets (Russian: энцы, entsy; singular: энец, enets; also known as Yenetses, Entsy, Entsi, Yenisei or Yenisey Samoyeds) are a Samoyedic ethnic group who live on the east bank, near the mouth, of the Yenisei River. Historically nomadic people, they now mainly inhabit the village of Potalovo in Krasnoyarsk Krai in western Siberia near the Arctic Circle. According to the 2010 Census, there are 227 Enets in Russia. In Ukraine, there were 26 Entsi in 2001, of whom 18 were capable of speaking the Enets language.
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Total population | |
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c. 260 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Russia | 227 (2010)[1] |
Ukraine | 26 (2001)[2] |
Languages | |
Enets | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Samoyedic peoples |
The Enets language is a Samoyedic language, formerly known as Yenisei Samoyedic (not to be confused with the Yeniseian language family, which is completely unrelated). They still speak their language, but education is in Russian so there is fear they may lose their language.