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The Samoyed peoples and languages

Indiana University14Published In 1963 • Pages: viii, 114

By: Hajdú, Péter, Esztergár, Marianne, Csanyi, Attila P..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source provides a cultural summary of the Samoyed peoples (Nenets, Enets, Nganasan, Selkup, and Kamas). It includes short sections on habitat, biological characteristics, material culture, subsistence activities, religious beliefs, folklore and history. In addition there is a more extensive section on language which includes phonological and grammatical information for the various Samoyed dialects.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Linguistic identification
Speech
Phonology
Grammar
Cultural identity and pride
Cultural participation
Pastoral activities
Annual cycle
Fishing
Dwellings
Diet
Historical reconstruction
Acculturation and culture contact
Mode of marriage
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Samoyed
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2012
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
North Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Linguist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Amal Vinogradov; Helen Gunsher Bornstein ; 1975; Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1600-1963
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Samoyed Region, Russian North
NotesAdditional notes
Péter Hajdú Translated into English by Marianne Esztergár and Attila P. Csanyi
'American Council of Learned Societies. Research and studies in Uralic and Altaic languages, project no. 99.'
A revision of the author's series of articles which first appeared in 1949 in Magyar nyelvör, v. 73
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-114)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
62063347
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Samoyeds
Samoyedic languages