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ALSO KNOWN AS		Bai Enets, Pe-Bae, лесной энецкий, Yenisei Samoyed, онаь базаан, ona' bazaan, enetj, enets, Yenisey, пэ-бай, Jenissei-Dialekt, Baicha-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
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		enf
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Information from: “Materials on Forest Enets, an indigenous language of Northern SIberia” . Florian Siegl (2011) Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~160 (includes Tundra Enets)
SEMI SPEAKERS
<30
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The language is functionally extinct. Around 10 fluent speakers are left; the overall number of potential speakers is less than 40 individuals. All speakers are found in the generations of 50 years and older. The number of ethnic Forest Enets is currently unknown. Recent local statistics, which also include Tundra Enets indicate that there are around 160 individuals."

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: Grammar
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Krasnojarskij kraj, Russia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "...on the Lower Yenisei within the boundaries of the Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Municipality District"

Severely endangered

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

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<50
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~100
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0

DATE OF INFO: 1993

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The last speakers are mainly trilingual, speaking also Russian and Tundra Nenets; interference from the latter two languages tends to influence what is left of native language skills in Forest Enets.

PLACES: Russia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: in the forest zone on the lower Yenisei, within the Dudinka raion of the Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia; historically, the speakers of the idiom have gradually moved towards the north along the Yenisei basin; this movement has during the last 150 years involved a distance of approx. 500 kms

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
198
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Of the 20 speakers, 15 are in Potapovo. Ethnic population: 198 with Tundra Enets (2002 census).

DATE OF INFO: 2002

PLACES: Russia;

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		20	2002	10-99	Of the 20 speakers, 15 are in Potapovo. Ethnic population: 198 with Tundra 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			20		10-99						Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					68.6836,86.2727
		2011	Materials on Forest Enets, an indigenous language of Northern SIberia		Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus			University of Tartu	https://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/bitstream/handle/10062/17439/siegl_florian.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y	Florian Siegl			~160 (includes Tundra Enets)		~10		10-99	"The language is functionally extinct. Around 10 fluent speakers are left; the overall number of potential speakers is less than 40 individuals. All speakers are found in the generations of 50 years and older. The number of ethnic Forest Enets is currently unknown. Recent local statistics, which also include Tundra Enets indicate that there are around 160 individuals."	<30	Russian		Grammar	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Krasnojarskij kraj, Russia	"...on the Lower Yenisei within the boundaries of the Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Municipality District"
		2000	Red Book on Endangered Languages: Northeast Asia				UNESCO		http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html	Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen	Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html		~100	0	<50	1993	10-99			Russian, Tundra Enets	The last speakers are mainly trilingual, speaking also Russian and Tundra Nenets; interference from the latter two languages tends to influence what is left of native language skills in Forest Enets.		Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	15	Russia	in the forest zone on the lower Yenisei, within the Dudinka raion of the Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia; historically, the speakers of the idiom have gradually moved towards the north along the Yenisei basin; this movement has during the last 150 years involved a distance of approx. 500 kms
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.				40		10-99						Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Forest Enets

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Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

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Forest Enets

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

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