Enets, Forest

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A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639-3
enf
Alternate Names
Bai Enets, Bay Enets, Pe-Bae, Yenisei Samoyedic
Autonym
Онэй базаан‎ (onaj bazaan)
User Population

40 (2010 census). Includes Tundra Enets [enh]. Ethnic population: 230 (2010 census). Includes Tundra Enets [enh].

Location

Krasnoyarsk krai: Potapovo (mostly), Dudinka, and other Taimyr settlements.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Uralic, Samoyed, Northern Samoyed, Enets
Dialects

None known. Forest and Tundra Enets [enh] barely mutually intelligible. Transitional between Nenets [yrk] and Nganasan [nio]. Formerly officially considered part of Nenets.

Language Use

Few domains. Older adults only. Neutral attitudes. Shifted to Russian [rus].

Language Development

Literature. Dictionary. Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Enets, Forest
Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl].