Samoyedic languages are spoken by approximately 30,000 Samoyeds in Siberia and Arctic Russia.
The most widely spoken language is Nenets (old name Yurak), with
approximately 27,000 speakers. Selkup (old name Ostyak Samoyed)
has around 1,700 and Ngasanan (Tavgi, Aram) 1,100 speakers.
Enets (Yenisey) had less than 100 speakers in 1989.
Last reviewed: January 2004.
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