няˮ

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Nganasan

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Etymology

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Presumably a shortened form of the autonym няˮ танса (njaʔ tansa), meaning “comrade people.”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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няˮ (njaʔ)

  1. the Nganasan language

References

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  • N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) “няˮ”, in Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 125