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Nganasan

Ня’’ сиәде

Nganasan is a Uralic language spoken in Russia, by about 125 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.

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Nganasan · 73.1°N 86.2°E

The Nganasan language (formerly called тавгийский, tavgiysky, or тавгийско-самоедский, tavgiysko-samoyedsky in Russian; from the ethnonym тавги, tavgi) is a moribund Samoyedic language spoken by about 30 of the Nganasan people, who are native to the Taymyr Peninsula in northern Siberia, residing primarily in the settlements of Ust-Avam, Volochanka, and Novaya in the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, with smaller populations residing in the towns of Dudinka and Norilsk as well. It is notable for its unusual characteristics among the Samoyedic languages, as well among the greater Uralic languages.

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Written down

Бәнде” ӈанасанә” ӈәтукәнды” нендя”туо” ӈонә хонсы хелиде” ӈиле мәнәй (правай). Сытыӈ хонды” ӈиле ӈонда ӈонә сяру, дүзытәндыӈ ихүтүӈ нягәә” сүөарусә”.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Nganasan

MeaningWordRomanization
noseӈүӈкәŋüŋkə
handдютүdjutü
bloodкамkam
bonelatää
livermitə
waterбыˮbyʔ
fireтуйtuj
sunкоуkou
dogбаӈbang
fishколыkoly
birdтәибәәtəibəə
tenбииˮbiiʔ
saltсырsyr
bigаніˮәaniʔə

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