Enets, Forest

ENF

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Bay Enets, Pe-Bae, Yenisei Samoyedic

Dialects: None known. Forest and Tundra Enets , barely mutually intelligible. Transitional between Nenets , and Nganasan ,. Formerly officially considered part of Nenets.

Genealogy:

Uralic
Samoyed
Northern Samoyed
Enets

Demographics: 40 (2010 census). Includes Tundra Enets ,. Ethnic population: 230 (2010 census). Includes Tundra Enets ,.

Language Use: Few domains. Mainly older adults. Neutral attitudes. Also use Russian [rus].

Language Development: Taught in primary schools in Potapovo. Dictionary. Grammar.

Writing System: Cyrillic

Nation of Origin: Russian Federation