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	Probert Encyclopaedia: Language (Ne-Nga) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		New Caledonian Javanese is a language spoken in New Caledonia.
		Nganasan is a Samoyed language spoken in Asian Russia.
		Ngangam is a Gur language spoken in Togo and Benin.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /WNC.HTM (549 words)

	Nganasan language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nganasan language, also known as the Tavgy, Tavgi, Tawgi, Tawgi-Samoyed language (Нганасанский язык, or Тавгийский, Тавгийско-самоедский язык in Russian) is a language of the Nganasan people.
		The Nganasan language belongs to the northern Samoyedic group of the Uralic language family.
		Phonetic features of the Nganasan language include 18 vowel and 20 consonant phonemes and an abundance of diphthongs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nganasan_language (134 words)

	Hunters: The people of Siberia
		The KHANTS (Ostyaks, Ob Ostyaks) are comprised of 23,000 people who speak the Khant language of the Finno-Ugrian group of the Uralic language family and live in the regions of the Ob and Irtysh Rivers and their tributaries, within the range of the Khants-Mansi and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Districts.
		The CHUKCHIS (Luoravetlan) consist of 15,000 people who speak the Chukchi language of the Chukchi-Kamchatka (Paleoasiatic) language family and live in northeastern Russia, within the boundaries of the Chukchi Autonomous District of the Magadan region, north of the Koryak Autonomous District of the Nizhnekolymskii (lower Kolyma) region of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).
		They speak the Yakutian language of the Turkic group of the Altaic language family and live mostly in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), with lesser numbers residing in the Krasnoyarsk and Khabarovsk regions, the Evenk Autonomous District, and the former Soviet Republics.
	www.museum.state.il.us /exhibits/changing/journey/hunters-people.html (759 words)

	THE NGANASANS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Avam Nganasans live in the Avam District in the western part of the Taymyr Peninsula, in the valleys of the rivers Pyassina, Dudypta and Boganida.
		In the past it was common that a Nganasan would be familiar with the language of the Dolgans, the Evenks or the Nenets (and vice versa) but since the 1950s Russian has developed as the lingua franca.
		It was not until the early 17th century that tradesmen and officers of the Tsar Mikhail reached the land of the Nganasans.
	www.samoyed.org /NGANASANS.html (1968 words)

	The Nganasan Language - LanguageServer - University of Graz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nganasan belongs to the northern subbranch of the Samoyedic languages.
		Nganasan differs from all other Samoyedic in two important points: in the formation of the present tense and in the marking of the locative case.
		Nganasan nouns and verbs are inflected in three numbers: singular, dual and plural.
	languageserver.uni-graz.at /ls/desc?id=147&type=r (560 words)

	NGANASANS or Tavgi Samoyeds
		The Nganasans live on the Taimyr Peninsula at the coast of the Arctic Ocean and belong administratively in the Taimyr Autonomous District of the Krasnoyarsk region.
		For each Nganasan who speaks his native language (1,063) there are at least 50 foreigners who would require the most essential explanation of who are the Nganasans, what are their life-style, world outlook and aspirations.
		The Russian language and community are held in high esteem by the Nganasans, yet this is the community that repulses the Nganasans.
	www.suri.ee /eup/nganasan.html (336 words)

	Untitled Document
		Their language is a form of Yakut (Sakha), a northern Turkic language, with admixtures of Evenk (Tungus) and Russian.
		The study community (population 670) is also home to the Nganasan, whose language is part of the Samoyedic branch of the Ural-Altaic family.
		This paper identifies three key challenges to sustainable development among the Dolgan and Nganasan of north-central Siberia: transition to a subsistence economy; structure of poverty; and demographic consequences of the dismantling of the planned economy.
	www.eth.mpg.de /people/ziker/abstracts.html (3898 words)

	East Asian Studies 210 Notes: Samoyeds
		The northernmost Nganasan seem to have preserved the greatest percentage of pre-Samoyedic genes (in their case, perhaps related to the Yukagir).
		The Nganasan (which means "human being") also call themselves Nya; in tsarist times they were known as Tawgi (or Tavgi), or Awam Samoyed, from the name of one of the most prominent clans, Awgi.
		Nganasan legends tell that their ancestors stayed in the tundra all year and hunted sea animals and fish (these legends are probably the heritage of the pre-Samoyedic component of the Nganasan ethnos).
	pandora.cii.wwu.edu /vajda/ea210/samoyed.htm (2981 words)

	Finno-Ugric language family
		Komi language is included into the Finno-Ugric language family and forms a Permic group of the Finno-Ugric languages with the Udmurt language, which is the closest to Komi.
		Totally 16 languages are included into Finno-Ugric family, which were developed from the united basic language in the deepest antiquity: Hungarian, Mansi, Khanty (The Group of the Ugric languages), Komi, Udmurt (Permic group), Mari, two Mordvin languages - Erzya and Moksha, Balto-Finnic languages - Finnish, Karelian, Izhora, Veps, Vod, Estonian, Liv languages.
		In 1918 the Syktyvkar dialect was chosen as a base for the Komi literary language, because it was the central dialect among the Komi ones geographically and linguistically.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/2282/finno.html (5839 words)

	Nganasan Multimedia Dictionary
		The Nganasan language belongs to the Northern branch of the Samoyedic group of languages, which in its turn forms the part of the Uralic language family.
		It is the northernmost language of Eurasia, spoken in the central and northern parts of the Taymyr Peninsula.
		In the last years, Nganasan began to be taught in primary schools as a second obligatory language for the Nganasan children, which now speak only Russian.
	www.speech.nw.ru /Nganasan/introduction.html (1480 words)

	Samoyedic languages -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The language diversity of Africa is considerable as compared with Europe, where there are two language families—Finno-Ugric and Indo-European.
		From their origins in East-Central Europe, the Slavic languages spread widely and are now spoken throughout most of the Balkans and Eastern Europe, parts of Central Europe, and the northern portion of Asia.
		The Slavic languages are a group of related languages within the Indo-European family.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9065228 (786 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:NIO
		The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
		Dolgan is a separate language, but is also used by Nganasan speakers.
		Nganasan is taught in school to ethnic Nganasan who do not use it as mother tongue.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=NIO (215 words)

	Ethnologue: Russia, Asia
		Russian is used as the second language by all except older people as a contact language, for literature, and urban professional and cultural life.
		Dolgan is the contact language on the Tajmyr Peninsula, and is spoken also by Evenki, Nganasan, and long-term Russian residents.
		Torgon is the basis of the literary language.
	www.christusrex.org /www3/ethno/RusA.html (3296 words)

	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
		The structure and basic vocabulary of the language are descended from the common Samoyedic foundation.
		Russian has gained a reputation as a medium for culture and communication, and younger generations are at present discarding the language of their fathers in favour of it.
		The Nenets literary language was established in 1932 and a grammatical survey was written by G. Prokofiev in 1937.
	www.eki.ee /books/redbook/nenets.shtml (2498 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I move that their languages be included in your lists & other categorizations (no matter the complications this may bring to linguistic description & theory & whatever).
		The only Gurage language we currently have is Soddo language, which belongs to neither of those.
		I propose that (at least) any Y and Z languages that have wikipedia pages should be included here with the complete list; we would then change the text that reads "only some major languages are included here" to "languages with wikipedia pages are included here" or something similar.
	www.mauspfeil.net /List_of%20languages.html (989 words)

	THE ENETS
		The Enets language belongs to the northern group of the Samoyed languages, part of the Uralic family of languages.
		In the Dudinka district, the Enets have lived side by side with the Nganasans and the Nenets, and in the Ust-Yenisey district, alone with the Nenets.
		Words connected with hunting have been borrowed from the Nganasan language, and terms concerned with reindeer rearing have been taken from Nenets.
	www.samoyed.org /enets.html (1309 words)

	THE NENETS
		The self-designation is Nenets (n'enyts, pl. n'enytsja), meaning 'man'; the native term for the language is n'enytsia vada.
		The language of the Nenets belongs to the Samoyedic branch of the Uralic languages, comprising together with the Enets and Nganasan languages its Northern Group.
		In 1932 the Nenets literary language was established on the basis of the Bolshaya Zemlya vernacular (one of the Central vernaculars), using the Latin alphabet.
	www.samoyed.org /nenets.html (2468 words)

	Foundation For Endangered Languages.
		Upriver Halq'eméylem (Halkomelem) is a Salishan language of the Central Coast branch.
		The layer of language that deals with the spiritual life of a people is of interest to linguists, ethnologists, art historians and members of the heritage community.
		While many tribes are recreating their languages from historical records, those still blessed with native speakers can create a much more usable curriculum with modern technology, which lets us preserve the sounds of language in addition to writing it down.
	www.ogmios.org /185.htm (2845 words)

	GeoNative - Nenets - Selkup - Mansi - Khanty
		Nganasan da haiek erabiltzen duten etnonimoa, nahiz eta talde batzuek Nya edo As'a izenak erabili.
		Nganasan is their self-designation, although some groups called themselves Nya and other As'a.
		In 1989 there were 1,278 Nganasan and 83.2% of them spoke their language, part of the Samoyed branch of the Uralic languages.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/9479/nenets.html#nga (1056 words)

	List of languages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ethnologue lists about 6,800 main languages in its language name index (see the external link) and distinguishes about 41,000 alternate language names and dialects.
		This list deals with particular languages, and includes only natural and constructed languages spoken by humans.
		See List of spoken and sign languages beginning with the letter Z for about 50 more.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/list_of_languages (201 words)

	Disappearing Nganasan shamanism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Demnime was perhaps the last Nganasan shaman who held traditional way of living in tundra.
		In villages with mixed population Nganasan children got out of the way of traditional life style, folklore, mother language and shamanism.
		Nganasan burial places in the tundra near Ust-Avam village.
	haldjas.folklore.ee /folklore/nr1/pics/ngapho.htm (289 words)

	LINGUIST List 12.2885: Endangered Lang Fund,Cognitive Systems Research
		ELF Awards 10 Grants in 2001 The Endangered Language Fund is pleased to announce the grants awarded in 2001.
		Mary D. Stewart (Sto:lo Nation), Preservation and Revitalization of the Upriver Halq'emeylem Dialect Language within the Family Entity Upriver Halq'emeylem (Halkomelem) is a Salishan language of the Central Coast branch.
		Zarifa Nazirova (Tajik Academy of Sciences), The Vocabulary of the Traditional Culture of the Ishkashim Language The layer of language that deals with the spiritual life of a people is= of interest to linguists, ethnologists, art historians and members of the heritage community.
	www.ling.ed.ac.uk /linguist/issues/12/12-2885.html (1545 words)

	Minority languages of Russia on the Net - Nganasan language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nganasan language - one of the Samoyedic languages.
		The number of the Nganasans in Russia is 1,3 thousand.
		A Nganasan alphabet based on the Cyrillic script was created in the 1980's - early 1990's.
	www.peoples.org.ru /eng_nganasan.html (95 words)

	Phrasebase - Nganasan Language Facts And Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Countries where spoken: 500 to 1,000 mother tongue speakers out of an ethnic population of 1,300 (1995 M. Krauss, 1989 census).
		The older and middle and a third of the younger generations have full command of the language.
		This is just for fun, base your vote on factors such as ease of learning, ease of pronouncing, the sounds and tones, how appealing it sounds, how effective and convenient it is to communicate in and express what is on your mind.
	www.phrasebase.com /languages/index.php?cat=187 (316 words)

	Department of Finno-Ugric
		The Finno-Ugric Department of the Research Institute for Linguistics is the only place in Hungary where the investigation of languages genetically related to Hungarian, i.e., the members of the Uralic language family, is pursued outside of higher education.
		The Nganasan chrestomathy prepared by the group describes the grammar of this language, accompanied by sample texts.
		The researchers at the department are involved in developing the parsers for Votyak (partly), Zyryan, Ostyak, Vogul and Nganasan.
	www.nytud.hu /depts/fu (597 words)

	Ziker Abstracts
		The flow of hunted and gathered resources was documented among the Dolgan and Nganasan, indigenous peoples in north central Siberia with a complex history in czarist Russia and the Soviet Union.
		Considering systematic information on a number of relevant variables with food distribution, this research identifies the strategies through which and why the Dolgan and Nganasan are implementing non-market sharing patterns.
		Kinship and friendship relationships are helping people to survive in a social context of unemployment, decreased availability of consumer goods, high cost of transportation, distance to markets, and minority ethnic status.
	www.eth.mpg.de /subsites/siberia/researchers/zikerabst.html (4672 words)

	Nganasan: Bibliographical guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		[ alphabetical index of languages ][ classified index of languages ]
		Nganasan belongs to the Northern group of the Samoyed branch of the Uralic family.
		(Helimsky E. A study in the Nganasan phonology and inflectional morphology.
	www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp /Russia/bibl/Nganasan.html (135 words)

	1Up Science > Links Directory >Social Sciences:Language and Linguistics:Natural Languages:Uralic
		The Samoyedic group is traditionally classified as a separate language family constituting the Uralic group together with Finno-Ugric languages.
		A Finno-Ugric language spoken mainly in Finland but also by minorities in Sweden, Norway, Russia and North America.
		Material on the Khanty (Ostyak) language, spoken in NW Siberia, just E of the Ural Mountains.
	www.1upscience.com /links/desc-2148.html (252 words)

	Publications List
		On the Influence of Germanic Languages on Finnic and Lapp.
		Herzog, Marvin I. The Yiddish Language in Northern Poland.
		Bibliography and Vocabulary of the Akan (Twi-Fante) Language of Ghana.
	www.indiana.edu /~rifias/Publications_List.htm (2656 words)

	Ethnic groups
		Nganasan and Dolgan populations overlap in the Kheta River valley.
		The Nganasans are, despite their low number and demographic crisis, a cultural distinct and traditionally oriented group and have preserved their language and shamanistic practices.
		Annual wild reindeer hunts are undertaken by hunter brigades together with Nganasan and, locally, Enets hunters, as well professional hunters from outside the region.
	www.npolar.no /ansipra/english/Indexpages/Ethnic_groups.html (6800 words)

	meOme-Webkatalog - Language: Englisch - Regional - Europe - Russia - Society and Culture - Ethnicity - Arctic and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Impressions from the Life of the Nganasan - Pictures and illustrations, by Michael Katzschmann, Göttingen University.
		Nganasan(s) - Profile of the Nganasan people, from NUPI - Centre for Russian Studies.
		The Nganasan Shamans from Kosterkin Family - Article by Aado Lintrop.
	webkatalog.meome.de /meome_page_9d26df7e8493fdb4a1e04225f1db9817.html (136 words)

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