Nganasan language
| Nganasan | |
|---|---|
| няˮ сиәде njaʔ siəde | |
| Pronunciation | [nʲaʔ siəðʲe] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Taymyr Autonomous Okrug |
| Ethnicity | 687 Nganasans (2021 census) |
Native speakers | c. 30 (2019–2024) 420 (2020 census) |
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| Cyrillic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nio |
| Glottolog | ngan1291 |
| ELP | Nganasan |
Geographic distribution of Nganasan at the beginning of the 20th century and currently | |
Nganasan is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010). | |
The Nganasan language (formerly called тавгийский, tavgiysky, or тавгийско-самоедский, tavgiysko-samoyedsky in Russian; from the ethnonym тавги, tavgi) is a moribund Samoyedic language spoken by about 30 of the Nganasan people. It is notable for its unusual characteristics among the Samoyedic languages, as well among the greater Uralic languages.