The Arctic, northern Europe and Russia
Ket
Lands
Yenisei River basin, mainly Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Countries Russian Federation
Facts 3
Language
A Cyrillic writing system that Ket speakers actually use came into being in the late 1980s.
Source: RAIPON (Association of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East), Кеты (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Ket is the only living language of the Yeniseian language family.
Source: RAIPON (Association of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East), Кеты (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Land
Hunting and fishing are at the heart of Ket tradition; fish, moose, deer and wild birds have long sustained Ket life on the Yenisei.
Source: RAIPON (Association of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East), Кеты (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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