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ALSO KNOWN AS		Somatu Enets, Madu, тундровый энецкий, сомату, Yenisei Samoyed, онаь базаан, ona' bazaan, enetj, enets, Yenisey, Jenissei-Dialekt, Jenisei, Enets, Jenisej-Samojedisch, Enzisch, Yenisey Samoyedic, iénisséi, enete, èncy, Yensisei-Samoyed, Yenisei Samoyedic, Yenisei Somoyed, Enec, Yenets, Yenisey-Samoyedic, Eńeć, Samojedi, Samojedimanzela, enyec nyelv, enetsin kieli,
CLASSIFICATION		Uralic, Samoyedic
ORTHOGRAPHY		Cyrillic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		enh
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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~30
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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The last speakers are bilingual in Russian and are all middle-aged or older. There may also be individuals with a knowledge of Nganasan.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Russian
Nganasan

PLACES: Siberia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the tundra zone on the lower Yenisey, now concentrated in the village of Vorontsovo in Ust’-Yeniseysk County in Taymyr (Dolgan and Nenets) Autonomous District in the Russian Federation.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
95
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
209

DATE OF INFO: 1989

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Cyrillic

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
198
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Of the 10 speakers, 6 are in Vorontsovo and 3 in Karepovsk (Khanina and Shluinsky 2005: 4, 9). Ethnic population: 198 together with Forest Enets (2002 census)

DATE OF INFO: 2005

PLACES: Russia;

		2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		0	~30		10-99		Russian, Nganasan	All	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	The last speakers are bilingual in Russian and are all middle-aged or older. There may also be individuals with a knowledge of Nganasan.	15	15	Siberia	Spoken in the tundra zone on the lower Yenisey, now concentrated in the village of Vorontsovo in Ust’-Yeniseysk County in Taymyr (Dolgan and Nenets) Autonomous District in the Russian Federation.
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																	67.5,86.5
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	198		10	2005	10-99	Of the 10 speakers, 6 are in Vorontsovo and 3 in Karepovsk (Khanina and Shluinsky 2005: 4, 9). Ethnic population: 198 together with Forest Enets (2002 census)			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Russia;
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub			10		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							71.6973,83.5839
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.				30		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
9985-936922		1993	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire			Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits			http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook		"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.		209		95	1989	10-99		Russian		Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Tundra Enets

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

95

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Discussion

Tundra Enets

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

95

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

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