Nganasan language
| Nganasan | |
|---|---|
| няˮ сиәде njaʔ siəde | |
| Pronunciation | [nʲaʔ siəðʲe] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Taymyr Autonomous Okrug |
| Ethnicity | 687 Nganasans (2021 census) |
Native speakers | c. 30 (2019–2024) 420 (2020 census) |
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| Cyrillic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nio |
| Glottolog | ngan1291 |
| ELP | Nganasan |
Geographic distribution of Nganasan at the beginning of the 20th century and currently | |
Nganasan is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010). | |
The Nganasan language (formerly called тавгийский, tavgiysky, or тавгийско-самоедский, tavgiysko-samoyedsky in Russian; from the ethnonym тавги, tavgi) is a moribund Samoyedic language spoken by about 30 of the Nganasan people, who are native to the Taymyr Peninsula in northern Siberia, residing primarily in the settlements of Ust-Avam, Volochanka, and Novaya in the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, with smaller populations residing in the towns of Dudinka and Norilsk as well. It is notable for its unusual characteristics among the Samoyedic languages, as well among the greater Uralic languages.