Nivkh
Meanings
noun
- A member of an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the region of the Amur River estuary in Russia's Khabarovsk Krai, Also distributed in Japan's Hokkaido.
name
- The language isolate spoken by the Nivkh.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Nivkh нивх (ņivx, “man”).
Synonyms
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