Forest Enets
Forest Enets is a Uralic language spoken in Russia, by about 10 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Enets (Forest Enets: Онэй база) is a Samoyedic language of Northern Siberia spoken on the Lower Yenisei within the boundaries of the Taimyr Municipality District, a subdivision of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation. Enets belongs to the Northern branch of the Samoyedic languages, in turn a branch of the Uralic language family.
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Words in Forest Enets
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| liver | муз | |
| water | би | bi |
| one | ӈолю | |
| two | щизы | |
| three | нэху | |
| four | тԑт | |
| five | собриг | |
| ten | биуʼ | biuʔ |
| big | ага | aga |
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Vocabulary
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Grammar
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- Central MansiUralic89% alike
- OrokTungusic87% alike
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- Kamas-KoibalUralic87% alike
- MariUralic86% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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