ENF ISO 639-3
Enets, Forest
Онэй базаан (onaj bazaan) Autonym
A language of Russian Federation
- ISO 639
- enf
- Alternate Names
- Bai Enets, Bay Enets, Pe-Bae, Yenisei Samoyedic
- Autonym
- Онэй базаан (onaj bazaan)
- Population
- 40 (2010 census). Includes Tundra Enets [enh]. Ethnic population: 230 (2010 census). Includes Tundra Enets [enh].
- Location:
- Krasnoyarsk krai: Potapovo (mostly), Dudinka, and other Taimyr settlements.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund).
- Classification
- Uralic, Samoyed, Northern Samoyed, Enets
- Dialects
- None known. Forest and Tundra Enets [enh] barely mutually intelligible. Transitional between Nenets [yrk] and Nganasan [nio]. Formerly officially considered part of Nenets.
- Language Use
- Few domains. Older adults only. Neutral attitudes. Shifted to Russian [rus].
- Language Development
- Taught in primary schools in Potapovo. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Enets, Forest
- Writing
- Cyrillic script [Cyrl].
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Location: Krasnoyarsk krai: Potapovo (mostly), Dudinka, and other Taimyr settlements.
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