Nganasan
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The Nganasan are an Indigenous Samoyedic people of northern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer hunters and fishers with a distinct Uralic language and culture.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nganasan language | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
Samoyedic language ⓘ Samoyedic people ⓘ Uralic ethnic group ⓘ Uralic language ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District ⓘ |
| climateOfHomeland |
Arctic region
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Russia ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage |
complex ritual practices
ⓘ
reindeer-centered cosmology ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
High North
ⓘ
surface form:
Circumpolar North
Siberia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
|
| historicalLifestyleChange | sedentarization in Soviet period ⓘ |
| language | Nganasan language ⓘ |
| languageStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| languageWritingSystem | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
| linguisticFamily |
Uralic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Uralic
|
| linguisticSubfamily |
Samoyedic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Samoyedic
|
| populationTrend | declining ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Indigenous small-numbered people of the North in Russia ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Dolgan
ⓘ
Enets ⓘ Nenets ⓘ Selkup ⓘ |
| religion |
animism
ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Samoyedic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Samoyedic languages
|
| traditionalArtForm |
drum-based shamanic performance
ⓘ
oral epic poetry ⓘ ritual songs ⓘ |
| traditionalBeliefSystem | shamanic cosmology ⓘ |
| traditionalClothingMaterial | reindeer hide ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
fur trapping ⓘ subsistence hunting ⓘ |
| traditionalFoodSource |
fish
ⓘ
wild reindeer ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | chum ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | semi-nomadic ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
fishing
ⓘ
reindeer hunting ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Arctic region
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic tundra
Taymyr Peninsula ⓘ northern Siberia ⓘ |
| traditionalReligionSpecialist | shaman ⓘ |
| traditionalTransport | reindeer sled ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatusOfLanguage | critically endangered ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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