mansi

• Существительное, обозначающее представителя кочевого народа Северного Урала или угорский язык этого народа, родственный венгерскому.

A noun referring to a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals, or the Ugric language spoken by this people, which is related to Hungarian.

proper noun

1. Ethnic groupC1formal

   A member of a traditionally nomadic indigenous people living in the northern Ural region of Russia.

   Манси

   • The Mansi people have a rich tradition of oral storytelling.
   • Many Mansi still practice reindeer herding in the taiga.
   • Anthropologists have studied the Mansi's unique shamanic rituals.

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2. C1formal

   The Ugric language spoken by the Mansi people, related to Hungarian and Khanty.

   Мансийский язык

   • Mansi is an endangered language with only a few thousand speakers.
   • Linguists classify Mansi as part of the Finno-Ugric language family.
   • She is learning Mansi to help preserve her grandmother's native tongue.

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