Northern Ostyak Chrestomathy (Indiana University Publications. Uralic and Altaic Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: July 29, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780700708475
Subjects: Anthropology; Language & Linguistics; Sociology; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Ural-Altaic & Hyperborean Languages; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Russia; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies
First sentence: The Ostyaks - or Khanti /xanti/, as they call themselves - live in the northwestern part of Siberia, along the lower and middle reaches of the river Ob' as well as on the tributaries of this stretch (Synya, Kazym, Irtysh, Konda, Salym, Yugan, Tremyugan, Vakh, Vasyugan) in little villages consisting of a few houses.