What does "nivkh" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "nivkh"?

Common synonyms include: amuric, gilyak, gilyak, gilyak.

Nivkh

//nɪvk// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
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.

Proper Noun

1
The language isolate spoken by the Nivkh.

Synonyms

All synonyms

amuric gilyak gilyak gilyak

Etymology

From Nivkh нивх (ņivx, “man”).

Related phrases

ethnic group language isolate

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