Profile
Native Name
None
Total Speakers
1,063
Usage By Country
Southwestern and central parts of the Taymyr Peninsula. 3 main villages of Nganasans are Ust-Avam, Volochanka and Novaya. Some of Nganasans live in the cities of Taymyr.
Background
Nganasan language is a language of the Nganasan people. The Nganasan language belongs to the northern Samoyedic group of the Uralic language family.
There are two main dialects in the Nganasan language:
- the Avam dialect
- Vadeyev dialect
The difference between the dialects is not very significant.
Received 10/13/2009
Posted 10/22/2009
Checked 10/22/2009