Enets language

Enets
Enets
Онэй база (Onei baza)
Native to	Russia
Region	Krasnoyarsk Krai, along the lower Yenisei River
Ethnicity	260 Enets people (2010 census)
Native speakers	69 (2020 census)
Language family	Uralic Samoyedic (core) Enets–Nenets Enets; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; enf – Forest Enets; enh – Tundra Enets
Glottolog	enet1250
ELP	Forest Enets; Tundra Enets;
	Current distribution of Enets languages.
	Forest Enets is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Enets is a Samoyedic language of Northern Siberia spoken on the Lower Yenisei within the boundaries of the Taimyr Municipality District, a subdivision of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia Federation. Enets belongs to the Northern branch of the Samoyedic languages, in turn a branch of the Uralic language family. In 2010 about 40 people claimed to be native Enets speakers, while In 2020, 69 people claimed to speak Enets natively, while 97 people answered to know Enets in total.

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