Ethnolinguistic data on human origin in Selkup

• Published in: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Main Authors: Kim-Maloney, Alexandra A., Baydak, Alexandra V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: этнолингвистика; культура селькупов; селькупский язык; происхождение человека; Evenks; khanty; Selkup; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.08.038; https://openrepository.ru/article?id=307435

This paper focuses on interdisciplinary research of an important cultural phenomenon – human origin – based on Selkup language, folklore and culture. Selkups are indigenous peoples of Western Siberia belonging to the Uralic language family and sharing cultural features with their neighbors; for example, Kets, Khanty, Evenks, and Siberian Turks. This research could reveal a significant body of human culture, observe how a language reflects people's cognition, and provide ethnolinguistic data for further comparative studies.