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Samoyeds
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indigenous ethnolinguistic groups primarily residing throughout Siberia
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- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Subclass of
- Uralic peoples
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Geographical distribution of Samoyedic-speaking peoples in the 17th (hatched area) and 20th (solid color) centuries
The Samoyedic peoples (sometimes Samodeic peoples) are a group of closely related peoples who speak Samoyedic languages, which are part of the Uralic family. They are a linguistic, ethnic, and cultural grouping. The name derives from the obsolete term Samoyed used in the Russian Empire for some of the indigenous peoples of Siberia.
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