The Nganasans are one of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. They are the northernmost of the Samoyedic peoples, living on the Taymyr Peninsula in the Arctic Ocean. Their territory is part of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Their "capital" is the settlement of Ust-Avam. They speak a Samoyed language (Nganasan language). Siberian Federal District (dark red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia. ... Samoyed may refer to: the Samoyed, an obsolete name of Nenets people of Siberia. ... Taymyr Peninsula is a peninsula in Siberia that forms the most northern part of mainland Asia. ... Taymyr Autonomous Okrug (Russian: ), or Taymyria, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Krasnoyarsk Krai), the northernmost in mainland Russia (and thus Asia). ... Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russian: ) (2002 pop. ... Geographical distribution of Samoyedic, Finnic, Ugric and Yukaghir languages Yukaghir Samoyedic Ugric Finnic The Samoyedic languages (literally self-eaters in Russian) are spoken on both sides of the Ural mountains, in northernmost Eurasia, by perhaps 30,000 speakers altogether. ... Nganasan language, also known as the Tavgy, Tavgi, Tawgi, Tawgi-Samoyed language (ÐганаÑанÑкий Ñзык, or ТавгийÑкий, ТавгийÑко-ÑамоедÑкий Ñзык in Russian) is a language of the Nganasan people. ...
The Nganasans are one of the indigenous peoples of Siberia.
The Avam Nganasans live in the Avam District in the western part of the Taimyr Peninsula, in the valleys of the rivers Pyassina, Dudypta and Boganida.
The speakers of the Vadeyev dialect live in the tundra and in the eastern parts of Taimyr, in the Khatanga District by the river Heta, Lake Taimyr and Khatanga Bay.
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