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What languages are spoken by the Nenets people of the Pay-Khoy region?
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The Nenets people, including those inhabiting the region west of the Ural Mountains, primarily speak Nenets, which is a member of the Samoyedic branch of the Uralic language family.12
The Nenets are divided into two distinct groups: the Tundra Nenets and the Forest Nenets. The Tundra Nenets, who inhabit the area west of the Urals as well as the Ob, Yamal, and Taymyr peninsulas, speak the Tundra Nenets language. In some regions, however, Turkic languages and Russian have replaced Samoyedic dialects.13