Enets

Enets
энцы
Enets people trading fish near Yeniseisk, 1913
Total population
c. 260
Regions with significant populations
Russia Russia 227  (2010)[1]
 Ukraine26  (2001)[2]
Languages
Enets
Related ethnic groups
Other Samoyedic peoples

The Enets (Russian: энцы, entsy; singular: энец, enets; also known as Yenetses, Entsy, Entsi, Yenisei or Yenisey Samoyeds) are a Samoyedic ethnic group who live on the east bank, near the mouth, of the Yenisei River. Historically they were nomadic people. As of 2002, most enetses lived in the village of Potapovo [ru] in Krasnoyarsk Krai in western Siberia near the Arctic Circle. According to the 2010 Census, there are 227 Enets in Russia. In Ukraine, there were 26 Entsi in 2001, of whom 18 were capable of speaking the Enets language.

The Enets language is a Samoyedic language, formerly known as Yenisei Samoyedic (not to be confused with the Yeniseian language family, which is completely unrelated). Older generation still speaks their language, but education is in Russian and very little of Enets language is taught and the language is almost unused in everyday life.[3]

  1. ^ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010. Национальный состав населения РФ 2010
  2. ^ "Всеукраїнський перепис населення 2001. Русская версия. Результаты. Национальность и родной язык". Archived from the original on 2011-09-10.
  3. ^ Как заговорить по-энецки? (retrieved July 24, 2024)