Editing Enets (section)

{{Short description|Samoyedic ethnic group in Siberia}}
{{distinguish|Nenets people}}{{Expand Russian|date=May 2021}}{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Enets<br/>''энцы''
| image            = File:No-nb bldsa 3f069.jpg
| caption          = Enets people trading fish near [[Yeniseisk]], 1913
| population       = '''{{circa}} 260'''
| popplace         = 
| region1          = {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russia]]
* {{flag| Krasnoyarsk Krai}}
| pop1             = 227{{spaces|2}}<small>(2010)</small>
| ref1             = <ref name="этнорф2010">[http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/demo/per-itog/tab5.xls Всероссийская перепись населения 2010. Национальный состав населения РФ 2010]</ref>
| region2          = {{UKR}}
| pop2             = 26{{spaces|2}}<small>(2001)</small>
| ref2             = <ref name="census_2001">{{cite web|url=http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/rus/results/nationality_population/|title=Всеукраїнський перепис населення 2001. Русская версия. Результаты. Национальность и родной язык|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910063929/http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/rus/results/nationality_population/|archivedate=2011-09-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| languages        = [[Enets language|Enets]]
| related          = Other [[Samoyedic peoples]]
}}
The '''Enets''' ({{langx|ru|энцы}}, {{Lang|ru|entsy}}; singular: {{lang|ru|энец}}, {{Lang|ru|enets}}; also known as '''Yenetses''', '''Entsy''', '''Entsi''', '''Yenisei''' or '''Yenisey Samoyeds''') are a [[Samoyedic peoples|Samoyedic ethnic group]] who live on the east bank, near the mouth, of the [[Yenisei River]]. Historically they were nomadic people. As of 2002, most Enets lived in the village  of {{ill|Potapovo|ru|Потапово (Таймырский Долгано-Ненецкий район)}} in [[Krasnoyarsk Krai]] in western [[Siberia]] near the [[Arctic Circle]]. According to the [[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]], there are 227&nbsp;Enets in [[Russia]]. In [[Ukraine]], there were 26&nbsp;Entsi in 2001, of whom&nbsp;18 were capable of speaking the [[Enets language]].

The [[Enets language]] is a [[Samoyedic languages|Samoyedic]] language, formerly known as Yenisei Samoyedic (not to be confused with the [[Yeniseian languages|Yeniseian]] language family, which is completely unrelated). Older generation still speaks their language, but education is in Russian and very little of Enets language is taught and the language is almost unused in everyday life.<ref>[https://goarctic.ru/news/kak-zagovorit-po-enetski/ Как заговорить по-энецки?] (retrieved July 24, 2024)</ref>