Samoyedic
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Samoyedic is a family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples around the Ural Mountains in Russia. These languages are significant for understanding the linguistic diversity and history of the peoples inhabiting this region.
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Geographical distribution of Samoyedic languages in the 17th century (hatched) and in the 20th century (solid). The Samoyedic (/ˌsæməˈjɛdɪk, -mɔɪ-/) or Samoyed languages (/ˈsæməˌjɛd, -mɔɪ-/) are spoken around the Ural Mountains, in northernmost Eurasia, by approximately 25,000 people altogether, accordingly called the Samoyedic peoples. They derive from a common ancestral language called Proto-Samoyedic, and form a branch of the Uralic languages. Having separated perhaps in the last centuries BC, they are not a diverse group of languages, and are traditionally considered to be an outgroup, branching off first from the other Uralic languages.
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