Evenki

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n. pl. Evenki or E·ven·kis also Ewenki or E·wen·kis In both senses also called Tungus.

1. A member of a people inhabiting a large area of eastern Siberia in Russia and northern Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia) in China.

2. The Tungusic language of the Evenki.

[Russian, Evenki people, from Evenki ´wnk.]

Evenki [əˈvɛŋkɪ]

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl Evenki a Tungus people of E Siberia

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people

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Noun	1.	Evenki - a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia Ewenki Oriental, oriental person - a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
	2.	Evenki - the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia Tunguz, Ewenki, Tungus Tungusic language, Tungusic - a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas

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Ewenki language oriental oriental person people pika Siberia Siberian Tungus Tunguses Tungusic Tungusic language Tunguz	Indigenous people make up around 10 per cent of the Arctic population: * the many ethnic groups include the Inuit of North America and Greenland, the Saami of Northern Scandinavia, and the Chukchi, Yakuts, Evenki and Nenets of Siberia. A slow earthquake: change has come to the Arctic. Jess Worth visits ... by Lopez, Barry / New Internationalist The number of people who speak Evenki, a language not shown on the graph, is only 5 percent of the number of people who speak Lezgi. Can you say that in Russian, please? by New York Times Upfront Ecology, health and lifestyle change among the Evenki herders of Siberia. Nutritional consequences of wealth differentials in east African ... by Sellen, Daniel W. / Human Ecology	Evenhand evenhanded evenhandedly evening evening bag evening class evening clothes evening dress Evening flower evening gown evening grosbeak evening lychnis Evening Prayer evening primrose evening primrose oil evening shift evening shirt evening star evening stock evening trumpet flower evening-primrose family evening-snow evenings eveningwear Evenk Evenki evenly Evenminded evenness evens evensong event event horizon event matrix event planner event television event template event theatre eventer Eventerate eventful eventide eventide home Eventilate Eventilation eventing eventize Eventless Eventognathi eventration eventual	Evening Shade evening shift evening shirt Evening Standard Evening Standard (London) evening star evening star evening stars evening stars Evening start Evening start evening stock evening trumpet flower Evening trumpetflower Evening trumpetflower evening twilight Evening up Evening up Evening-primrose Evening-primrose evening-primrose family evening-primrose family evening-snow evenings evenings eveningwear evenire Evenk Evenk Autonomous Okrug Evenk Autonomous Okrug Evenki Evenki Autonomous Area Evenki Autonomous Okrug Evenki Autonomous Okrug Evenkis Evenkis Evenkis Evenkite Evenks evenly evenly evenly evenly evenly balanced Evenly Rotating Economy Evenminded evenness evenness evenness evenness evens evens evens evens Evensk Evensmo, Sigurd Evenson Design Group evensong evensong evensong evensongs

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Ewenki
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oriental
oriental person
people
pika
Siberia
Siberian
Tungus
Tunguses
Tungusic
Tungusic language
Tunguz

Indigenous people make up around 10 per cent of the Arctic population: * the many ethnic groups include the Inuit of North America and Greenland, the Saami of Northern Scandinavia, and the Chukchi, Yakuts, Evenki and Nenets of Siberia.

A slow earthquake: change has come to the Arctic. Jess Worth visits ... by Lopez, Barry / New Internationalist

The number of people who speak Evenki, a language not shown on the graph, is only 5 percent of the number of people who speak Lezgi.

Can you say that in Russian, please? by New York Times Upfront

Ecology, health and lifestyle change among the Evenki herders of Siberia.

Nutritional consequences of wealth differentials in east African ... by Sellen, Daniel W. / Human Ecology

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