Nganasan
Nganasan edo Tavgi Samoiedoak Taimir
penintsulako jatorrizko biztanleak dira Siberian.
Nganasan da haiek erabiltzen duten etnonimoa, nahiz eta
talde batzuek Nya edo As'a izenak erabili. 1989an 1,278
Nganasan zeuden, horietarik %83.2k hitz egiten zuen beren
hizkuntza uralikoa. Taimir penintsula ikaragarri handia
da (862,100 km2), eta ez oso populatua, baina hala ere
Nganasanak gutxiengo ahaztu eta zanpatua dira 55.000
lagunen artean itota.
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Nganasan
The Nganasan or Tavgi Samoyeds live in
the Taymir peninsula of Siberia. Nganasan is their
self-designation, although some groups called themselves
Nya and other As'a. In 1989 there were 1,278 Nganasan and
83.2% of them spoke their language, part of the Samoyed
branch of the Uralic languages. Taimyr Peninsula is
enormous (862,100 sq. km.), and not much populated, but,
still, the Nganasan are a tiny and backward minority
among the 55.000 inhabitants of their territory.
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