Evenki (/eɪˈvɛŋki/ ay-VEN-kee), formerly known as Tungus, is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes...
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875 (2010 census). There are 537 Evenki in Mongolia (2015 census), called Khamnigan in the Mongolian language. The Evenki or Ewenki are sometimes conjectured...
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China also known as Tungus Evenki languages, languages of Tungusic family Evenki language, a subdivision of Evenki languages, spoken by Evenks Evenk Autonomous...
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(transitional between Even and Evenki) Indigirka Kamchatka Kolyma-Omolon Okhotsk Ola Tompon Upper Kolyma Sakkyryr Lamunkhin Evenki Evenki (obsolete: Tungus), spoken...
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Mongolian tsaj. There are also words from Evenki, for example: the word saˀl 'tobacco' is possibly borrowed from Evenki sâr 'tobacco'. "Росстат — Всероссийская...
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Evenk Autonomous Okrug (redirect from Evenki Autonomous Okrug)
(Russian: Эвенки́йский автоно́мный о́круг, Evenkiysky avtonomny okrug; Evenki: Эведы Автомоды Округ, Ēvēde Avtōmōde Okrug), or Evenkia, was a federal...
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Ablative case (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
(e.g., Manchu, Evenki), Uralic (e.g., Hungarian), and the Dravidian languages. There is no ablative case in modern Germanic languages such as German and...
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Podkamennaya Tunguska (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
Tunguska (Russian: Подкаменная Тунгуска, literally Tunguska under the stones; Evenki: Дулгу Катэнӈа, Ket: Ӄо’ль) also known as Middle Tunguska or Stony Tunguska...
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Chum salmon (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
the scientific name comes from Russian, which in turn comes from the Evenki language of Eastern Siberia. The term 'Dog Salmon' is most commonly used in...
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Yenisey (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
or even Evenki. More recently, some have speculated that "Yenisei" is a compound word of unconfirmed Old Kyrgyz (or inspired by Tuvan language?) ene (эне)...
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Dzhugdzhur (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
The Dzhugdzhur (Russian: Джугджу́р) or Jugjur, meaning "big bulge" in Evenki[citation needed], are a mountain range along the western shores of the Sea...
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Yakuts (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
Siberian branch of the Turkic languages. According to Alexey Kulakovsky, the Russian word yakut was taken from the Evenki екэ, yekə̄, while Marjorie Mandelstam...
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Evenki orthography is the orthography of the Evenki language. Multiple alphabets based on three different scripts have been and are currently being used...
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Khatanga, Russia (category CS1 Russian-language sources (ru))
population was 3,450. The name Khatanga means "large water" in the local Evenki language. The locality is known to have existed since the 17th century. It is...
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Lena (river) (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
to the Mouth of the Lena. Siberia portal Russian: Ле́на, IPA: [ˈlʲɛnə]; Evenki: Елюенэ, Eljujene; Yakut: Өлүөнэ, Ölüöne; Buryat: Зүлхэ, Zülkhe; Mongolian:...
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Taymyr Peninsula (category Articles containing Russian-language text)
comes from the Evenki language, originating from the ancient Tungus word "tamura," which means "valuable, precious, rich." The Evenki people originally...
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energy company Solon High School, Solon, Ohio Solon language, former name of the Evenki language Sacramento Solons, any of several minor league baseball...
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Autonomous okrugs of Russia (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
Округ (Evenkiyskiy Avtonomny Okrug) Evenki: Эведы Автомоды Округ (Ēvēde Avtōmōde Okrug) Tura Russian: Тура (Tura) Evenki: Typy (Turu) 16,979 (2007) 763,197 km2...
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Vitim (river) (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
The Vitim (Russian: Витим; Evenki: Витым, Witym; Yakut: Виитим, Viitim [local pronunciation]; Buryat and Mongolian: Витим, Vitim) is a major tributary...
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together with Evenki and Even. It is particularly close to Evenki, to the extent that it is occasionally referred to as a dialect of Evenki. According to...
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An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native...
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Tungus Republic (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
Respublika; Yakut: Тоҥ уус Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ, romanized: Toŋ uus Öröspüübülükete; Evenki: Эведы̄ Республика, romanized: Ewedȳ Respublika) was a short-lived unrecognized...
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Neryungri (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
[ˈnʲerʲʊnɡrʲɪ]; Yakut: Нүөрүҥгүрү, romanized: Nüörüñgürü, IPA: [nyøɾyŋgyɾy]; Evenki: Нерунӈа, romanized: Nerunŋa) is the second largest town in the Sakha Republic...
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Oroqen people (category CS1 uses Chinese-language script (zh))
considered cautiously. The Oroqen language is a Northern Tungusic language. Their language is very similar to the Evenki language and it is believed that speakers...
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Shamanism (category CS1 Hungarian-language sources (hu))
a Tungusic language – possibly from the southwestern dialect of the Evenki spoken by the Sym Evenki peoples, or from the Manchu language. The etymology...
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Tungusic peoples (category CS1 Russian-language sources (ru))
for Evenkī; endonymically, they even use the same adjective for themselves - ǝwǝdī, meaning "Even" in the Even language and "Evenkī" in the Evenkī language...
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feature which some argue is due to historical contact with Evenki (a Tungusic language), the language with which Sakha (i.e. Yakut) was in most intensive contact...
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Argun (Amur) (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
'wide' Native name Эргүнэ (Mongolian) Эргэнэ (Buryat) 额尔古纳 (Chinese) Ергэне (Evenki) Аргунь (Russian) Location Country China, Russia Russian Krai Zabaykalsky...
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How can I believe the foolish idea That my language is weak and poor If my mother’s last words Were in Evenki? From "Bol moya, Evenkiya" Sovetskaya Kultura...
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Tura, Krasnoyarsk Krai (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
Tura (Russian: Тура́; Evenki: Typy, Turu) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Evenkiysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai,...
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