The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: KCA
ISO 639-2: fiu
| Population | 12,000 mother tongue speakers out of an ethnic population of 21,000 (1994 Salminen, 1994 Janhunen). Northern Khanty has 9,000 speakers out of 15,000, Eastern Khanty has 3,000 speakers out of 5,000, Southern Khanty has few or no speakers out of 1,000. |
| Region | Khanty-Mansi National Okrug. Farther east than the Mansi, along the Ob River. |
| Alternate names | KHANTI, HANTY, XANTY, OSTYAK |
| Dialects | NORTHERN KHANTI, EASTERN KHANTI, SOUTHERN KHANTI, VACH (VASYUGAN). |
| Classification | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Ugric, Ob Ugric. |
| Comments | Intelligibility is difficult between geographically distant dialects. Three dialect groups. Vach is an 'archaic' dialect. The dialect used in writing is rejected by many speakers. Russian is used in school. Hunters, fishermen, cattle raisers. Traditional religion. Bible portions 1868. |
