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Encyclopedia4U - Evenki - Encyclopedia Article (514 words) |
 | The Evenks are a nomadic indigenous people, one of the Northern Indigenous Peoples (pop. |
| The Evenki form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. |
| This designation was spread by the Russianss, who acquired it from the Yakuts and the Siberian Tatars (in the Yakut language tongus) in the 17th century. |
| languagehat.com: January 2003 Archives (8915 words) |
| First sentence of first Guugu Yimidhirr text: Yii milbi dhana gunbu dumbi 'This is a story (milbi) about how they had a great dance': "The expression gunbu dumbil, literally 'dance break', is the normal idiom for 'have a dance, have a corroborree.'" I can't wait to dive in. |
| From a recondite Yahoo search ("stress in evenki language") that showed up in my referrer log, I arrived at a grammatical sketch of Tundra Nenets (part of Tapani Salmanen's homepage, which includes links to other Nenets-related websites). |
| This is a pretty detailed look at Tundra Nenets; if you want to know more, you'll probably have to either study with Prof. |
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