Samoyedic | |
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Samoyed | |
Geographic distribution | Northern Eurasia |
Linguistic classification | Uralic
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Proto-language | Proto-Samoyedic |
Subdivisions | |
ISO 639-5 | syd |
Glottolog | samo1298 |
![]() Samoyedic languages at the beginning of the 20th century | |
![]() Current geographic distribution of Samoyedic languages in Russia |
The Samoyedic (/ˌsæməˈjɛdɪk, -mɔɪ-/)[1] or Samoyed languages (/ˈsæməˌjɛd, -mɔɪ-/)[2][3] are spoken around the Ural Mountains, in northernmost Eurasia, by approximately 25,000 people altogether, accordingly called the Samoyedic peoples. They derive from a common ancestral language called Proto-Samoyedic, and form a branch of the Uralic languages. Having separated perhaps in the last centuries BC,[4] they are not a diverse group of languages, and are traditionally considered to be an outgroup, branching off first from the other Uralic languages.