Samoyed Studies

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Samoyed Studies is the science that deals with the language, literature and regional studies of the Samoyed- speaking peoples of Russia .

definition

The Samojedistik mainly deals with the study of Nenets , enzischen , nganasanischen and selkupischen language. In addition, the extinct languages are Matorisch , Kamassisch and Jurakisch treated.

Samoyed studies established itself as a science in the 19th century. The founders of Samoyed studies as a scientific discipline were among others the Finns Matthias Alexander Castrén and Kai Donner as well as the Baltic German Franz Anton Schiefner .

Like the Finno-Ugric is the Samojedistik a branch of the tray Uralic . Samoyed Studies can not be studied as a basic subject in Germany and Austria . However, courses in Samoyed languages ​​are offered at universities in the context of Finno-Ugric and Ural Studies, among other things.

research

Samoyed studies research is made more difficult by the lack of large written languages, the small number of speakers, the vast settlement areas of the speakers characterized by extreme climatic conditions and the progressive Russification in Siberia .

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