няˮ

Nganasan

Etymology

Presumably a shortened form of the autonym няˮ танса (njaʔ tansa), meaning “comrade people.”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲaʔ]

Noun

няˮ • (njaʔ)

  1. the Nganasan language

References

  • N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) “няˮ”, in Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 125
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