Nenets
Language Information
Nenets, formerly known as Yurak, is spoken in the northernmost part of the Soviet Union, in an area extending from the White Sea on the west to the Yenisei River on the east, a distance of about 1,500 miles. Its speakers, who are known as Nentsy, number about 25,000. Most of them live in the Yamal-Nenets National District, with its capital at Salekhard; about 3,500 live in the Nenets National District, whose capital is Naryan Mar. Nenets is the most widely spoken of the Samoyed languages, one of the two branches of the Uralic family.
- Language Family
- Uralic
- Subgroup
- Samoyed
Nenets Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Nenets
Ет хибяри ненэць соямарианта хуркари правада тнява, ӈобой ненэця ниду нись токалба, ӈыбтамба илевату тара.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights