Nenets people - Nenets (English spelling)

Japanese: ネネツ族 - ネネツぞく（英語表記）Nenets

An ethnic minority group living in the tundra and forest areas from the Kola Peninsula in the Ural Mountains in the west to the Taimyr Peninsula in the east. The Nenets are a self-proclaimed ethnic group, formerly known as "Yurak-Samoyeds." The population is approximately 35,000. Their language belongs to the Samodi branch of the Uralic language family and is broadly divided into tundra and forest dialects. Their traditional occupation is reindeer herding, but they also fish and hunt and gather. Until recently, they were organized into kolkhozes and sovkhozes. In particular, the inhabitants of the Pechora River basin in the western Ural Mountains came under Russian rule in the 17th century and suffered significant economic and social effects. Some of them adopted Greek Orthodoxy, but on the other hand, traditional beliefs, rituals, and shamanism have long been preserved. In addition, there are elements in their rich oral traditions that suggest that their ancestors arrived from the south.

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Japanese:

西はウラル山脈のコラ半島から東はタイムイル半島にかけてのツンドラ，森林地帯に居住する少数民族。ネネツは自称で，かつては「ユラク・サモイェード」と呼ばれた。人口約3万 5000。言語はウラル語族のサモディ語派に属し，ツンドラ方言と森林方言に大別される。伝統的生業はトナカイ牧畜を主とし，漁労，狩猟採集も行う。近年まではコルホーズやソフホーズに組織されてきた。特にウラル山脈の西部ペチョラ川流域の住民は，17世紀からロシアの支配下に入り，経済的・社会的に著しい影響を受けた。一部にギリシア正教が受容されたが，他方では伝統的な信仰や儀礼，シャーマニズムも長く温存されてきた。また，豊かな口頭伝承には，祖先が南方から到来したことを示唆する要素が認められる。

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