Samoyedic peoples
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The term Samoyedic peoples is used to describe peoples speaking a Samoyedic language.
They are a subgroup of Uralic peoples.
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[edit] Peoples
Samoyedic peoples include:
- Southern Samoyedic peoples
[edit] Location
The largest of these peoples are Nenets numbering 34,000. They live in three autonomous districts of Russia: Nenetsia, Yamalia (also known as Yamalo-Nenetsia), and Taymyria (formerly known as Dolgano-Nenetsia).
[edit] References
- Mile Nedeljković, Leksikon naroda sveta, Beograd, 2001.