Enets, Forest
A language of Russian Federation (Asia)
| Population | 20. Of the 20 speakers, 15 are in Potapovo. Ethnic population: 198 with Tundra Enets (2002 census). |
| Region | Taimyr National Okrug; along Yenisei River’s lower course, upstream from Dudinka. The Forest variety is in Dudinka region, Potapovo settlement. |
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Western Asian Russia, reference number 10 |
| Alternate names | Bay Enets, Pe-Bae, Yenisei Samoyedic |
| Dialects | Forest and Tundra Enets [enh] barely mutually intelligible. Transitional between Nenets [yrk] and Nganasan [nio]. Formerly officially considered part of Nenets. |
| Classification | Uralic, Samoyed, Northern Samoyed |
| Language use | Few domains. Mainly older adults. Neutral attitude. All are bilingual or trilingual. |
| Language development | Taught in Potapovo school. Dictionary. Grammar. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. |
| Comments | Nearly extinct. |
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