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Ostyak

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Os·ty·ak also Os·ti·ak  (st-k)
n.
1. A member of a Finno-Ugric people inhabiting western Siberia.
2. The Ugric language of this people.
[Russian, from Ostyak syakh, pl. of skho, person from the Ob River, from s, the Ob River.]
Ostyak [ˈɒstɪˌæk]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -aks, -ak a member of an Ugrian people living in NW Siberia E of the Urals
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family: related to Hungarian
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Noun1.Ostyak - a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals)
Khanty
Russian - a native or inhabitant of Russia
2.Ostyak - a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak
Khanty
Ugrian, Ugric - one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia
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I have found that grammatically relevant unmarked object occurs in all of the Uralic languages with the exception of Ostyak (and Forest Nenets) in at least one, and in many languages several, of the seven syntactic contexts I have looked at.
Unmarked object in the Uralic languages. A diachronic typological ... by Havas, Ferenc / Linguistica Uralica
For the moon we find 'Old Man' in the Nenets area and 'hoary Old Man' in Ostyak and for the sun there is the sun-god Yarilo in Russian and in Ukrainian.
Insights into the cultural history of Europe as provided by the Atlas ... by Viereck, Wolfgang / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
The Mordva" (1955), "The Ostyak (Khanty) and "The Vogul (Mansy)" (1955), "The Equivalents of English 'than' in Finno-Ugric" (1960), "Johdatuste strukturaalikielitieteeseen" (TL 30, 1963), "Eesti keele etumoloogiline teatmik" (Rooma--Toronto, 1982).
In memoriam Alo Raun by Alvre, Paul / Linguistica Uralica
 
 
 
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