Negidal people

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The Negidal people are a small Indigenous Tungusic ethnic group of the Russian Far East, traditionally living along the lower Amur River and known for their fishing, hunting, and reindeer-herding culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Tungusic people
ethnic group
autonymLanguage Tungusic
continent Asia
country Russia
culturalArea Amur River basin
culturalPractice clan-based social organization
shamanic rituals
environment riverine ecosystems
taiga
ethnohistoricalStatus small-numbered Indigenous people of the North
ethnonym Negidals NERFINISHED
historicalLifestyle semi-nomadic
language Negidal language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Tungusic languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus severely endangered
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Russia
politicalEntity Russian Federation NERFINISHED
recognizedAs Indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation
region Russian Far East NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Even NERFINISHED
Evenks NERFINISHED
Nanai NERFINISHED
religion Russian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
shamanism
traditionalBelief animism
traditionalClothingMaterial fish skin
reindeer hide
traditionalEconomy fur trade
traditionalHousing conical tents
semi-subterranean dwellings
traditionalOccupation fishing
hunting
reindeer herding
traditionalSubsistence reindeer breeding
river fishing
taiga hunting
traditionalTerritory lower Amur River NERFINISHED
traditionalTransport reindeer sledges
river boats
UNESCOStatusOfLanguage critically endangered
writingSystem Cyrillic script

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Negidal language ethnicGroup Negidal people