Enets

{{Short description|Samoyedic ethnic group in Siberia}}

{{distinguish|Nenets people}}{{Expand Russian|date=May 2021}}{{Infobox ethnic group

| group = Enets
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}}(2010)

| ref1 = [http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/demo/per-itog/tab5.xls Всероссийская перепись населения 2010. Национальный состав населения РФ 2010]

| region2 = {{UKR}}

| pop2 = 26{{spaces|2}}(2001)

| ref2 = {{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}}

| languages = 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 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 2010 Census, there are 227 Enets in Russia. In Ukraine, there were 26 Entsi in 2001, of whom 18 were capable of speaking the Enets language.

The Enets language is a Samoyedic language, formerly known as Yenisei Samoyedic (not to be confused with the 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.[https://goarctic.ru/news/kak-zagovorit-po-enetski/ Как заговорить по-энецки?] (retrieved July 24, 2024)