Selkup people

The Selkup (Russian: селькупы), until the 1930s called Ostyak-Samoyeds (остяко-самоеды), are a Samoyedic speaking Uralic ethnic group native to Siberia. They live in the northern parts of Tomsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tyumen Oblast (with Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug).

Selkup
чумэлӷу́ла, тюйкула, шё̄шӄула, сӱ̄ссыӷӯла, шöйӄумыт
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Selkup man from Obdorsk, Ob river
Regions with significant populations
 Russia 3,649
Languages
Selkup languages
Religion
Shamanism, Russian Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups
Nganasans, Nenets, Enets
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