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10 Language-to-English DictionariesOstiacco
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ostiacco
"Gli Ostiacchi sono un popolo indigeno della Siberia."
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A historical designation for the Khanty people, an indigenous Uralic ethnic group living in northwestern Siberia, Russia.
"Early ethnographic accounts often referred to the Khanty people of the Ob River basin as the Ostyak."
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Relating to the Khanty people, their culture, or their Uralic language.
"Linguists studied the Ostyak dialects to better understand the nuances of the Ugric branch of Uralic languages."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Russian exonym 'ostyak', which historically referred to several indigenous Siberian peoples, notably the Khanty and sometimes the Ket or Selkup. The term entered English usage in the 19th century through ethnographic and travel literature exploring the Uralic and indigenous populations of Western Siberia.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ostyak" is said worldwide
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Khanty
Transliteration: hanti
"Les Khantys vivent traditionnellement en Sibérie occidentale."
Ostjakisch
Transliteration: ostjakisch
"Das Ostjakische gehört zu den uralischen Sprachen."
Ostiacco
Transliteration: ostiacco
"Gli Ostiacchi sono un popolo indigeno della Siberia."
Ostiaco
Transliteration: ostiako
"El pueblo ostiaco habita tradicionalmente en la cuenca del Obi."
Ostíaco
Transliteration: ostiako
"A língua ostíaca pertence à família linguística urálica."
ओस्त्याक
Transliteration: ostyak
"ओस्त्याक साइबेरिया की एक स्वदेशी जनजाति है।"
奥斯加克人
Transliteration: àosījiākè rén
"奥斯加克人是西伯利亚的原住民。"
오스티아크인
Transliteration: ostiaukin
"오스티아크인은 시베리아의 원주민입니다."
オスティヤーク
Transliteration: osutiyāku
"オスティヤーク人はシベリアの先住民族です。"
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