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    Evenki (/eɪˈvɛŋki/ ay-VEN-kee), formerly known as Tungus, is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes...
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    875 (2010 census). There are 537 Evenki in Mongolia (2015 census), called Khamnigan in the Mongolian language. The Evenki or Ewenki are sometimes conjectured...
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    Tungusic languages, by speaker Xibe (55%) Evenki (28.97%) Even (10.45%) Others (5.58%) Alexander Vovin notes that Manchu and Jurchen are aberrant languages within...
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  • China also known as Tungus Evenki languages, languages of Tungusic family Evenki language, a subdivision of Evenki languages, spoken by Evenks Evenk Autonomous...
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  • Evenki orthography is the orthography of the Evenki language. Multiple alphabets based on three different scripts have been and are currently being used...
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    Mongolian tsaj. There are also words from Evenki, for example: the word saˀl 'tobacco' is probably borrowed from Evenki sâr 'tobacco'. bu du-taRɔt 'He lies/sleeps';...
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  • This article outlines the grammar of the Evenki language spoken in Russia, in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts. Since the Cyrillic script does not usually...
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    Yenisei (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
    or even Evenki. More recently, some have speculated that "Yenisei" is a compound word of unconfirmed Old Kyrgyz (or inspired by Tuvan language?) ene (эне)...
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    Yakuts (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
    Siberian branch of the Turkic languages. According to Alexey Kulakovsky, the Russian word yakut was taken from the Evenki екэ, yekə̄, while Marjorie Mandelstam...
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    feature which some argue is due to historical contact with Evenki (a Tungusic language), the language with which Sakha (i.e. Yakut) was in most intensive contact...
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    Autonomous okrugs of Russia (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
    Округ (Evenkiyskiy Avtonomny Okrug) Evenki: Эведы Автомоды Округ (Ēvēde Avtōmōde Okrug) Tura Russian: Тура (Tura) Evenki: Typy (Turu) 16,979 (2007) 763,197 km2...
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    (Russian: Эвенки́йский автоно́мный о́круг, Evenkiysky avtonomny okrug; Evenki: Эведы Автомоды Округ, Ēvēde Avtōmōde Okrug), or Evenkia, was a federal...
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    Chum salmon (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    the scientific name comes from Russian, which in turn comes from the Evenki language of Eastern Siberia. The term 'Dog Salmon' is most commonly used in...
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  • How can I believe the foolish idea That my language is weak and poor If my mother’s last words Were in Evenki? From "Bol moya, Evenkiya" Sovetskaya Kultura...
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    Ablative case (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
    Tungusic (e.g. Manchu, Evenki), Uralic (e.g. Hungarian), and the Dravidian languages. There is no ablative case in modern Germanic languages such as German and...
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    considered cautiously. The Oroqen language is a Northern Tungusic language. Their language is very similar to the Evenki language and it is believed that speakers...
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  • D. O. Chaoke (category Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text)
    Sciences. His primary area of study is on the Tungusic languages, especially his native Evenki language. Chaoke was born in Nantun (南屯), Evenk Autonomous Banner...
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    Lena River (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
    to the Mouth of the Lena. Siberia portal Russian: Ле́на, IPA: [ˈlʲɛnə]; Evenki: Елюенэ, Eljujene; Yakut: Өлүөнэ, Ölüöne; Buryat: Зүлхэ, Zülkhe; Mongolian:...
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    Shamanism (category CS1 Hungarian-language sources (hu))
    a Tungusic language – possibly from the southwestern dialect of the Evenki spoken by the Sym Evenki peoples, or from the Manchu language. The etymology...
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  • Ewenic languages include: Ewenic Even Evenki group Evenki Negidal Oroqen Kili This term is also used for a wider group including the Udegheic languages. Hölzl...
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  • Khamnigan Mongol and Evenki bilingualism remain vigorous in China. Khamnigan Evenki, though not a distinct language from other Evenki, is heavily influenced...
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  • energy company Solon High School, Solon, Ohio Solon language, former name of the Evenki language Sacramento Solons, any of several minor league baseball...
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    Tungus Republic (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
    Respublika; Yakut: Тоҥ уус Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ, romanized: Toñ ûs Öröspüübülükete; Evenki: Эведы̄ Республика, romanized: Ewedȳ Respublika) was a short-lived unrecognized...
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    Tungusic peoples (category CS1 Russian-language sources (ru))
    for Evenkī; endonymically, they even use the same adjective for themselves - ǝwǝdī, meaning "Even" in the Even language and "Evenkī" in the Evenkī language...
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    Taymyr Peninsula (category Articles containing Russian-language text)
    comes from the Evenki language, originating from the ancient Tungus word "tamura", which means "valuable, precious, rich." The Evenki people originally...
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    Amazar (river) (category CS1 Russian-language sources (ru))
    11,100 square kilometres (4,300 sq mi). The name originated in the Evenki language, meaning "mouth in the ground". A stretch of the Trans-Siberian Railway...
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    Chum (tent) (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
    "tent, shelter". In different languages it has different names: Nenets: ḿāʔ [mʲaːʔ], Nganasan: maʔ, Khanty: (ńuki) χot. Evenki: ǯū [d͡ʒuː]. Yurt Yaranga Avdeeva...
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    Podkamennaya Tunguska (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
    Tunguska (Russian: Подкаменная Тунгуска, literally Tunguska under the stones; Evenki: Дулгу Катэнӈа, Ket: Ӄо’ль) also known as Middle Tunguska or Stony Tunguska...
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    Vitim (river) (category Articles containing Evenki-language text)
    The Vitim (Russian: Витим; Evenki: Витым, Witym; Yakut: Виитим, Viitim [local pronunciation]; Buryat and Mongolian: Витим, Vitim) is a major tributary...
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    (extinct) Tuyuhun (extinct) Southern Manchu Jurchen Xibe Nanai/Hezhen Northern Evenki Oroqen Korean (Possibly the ancient Nánmán 南蛮, 南蠻) Hmong Mien She Pakanic...
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