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{{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>

== Genetics ==
In a 2002 study, eight of the nine Enets samples belonged to the [[Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup|Y-DNA haplogroup]] [[Haplogroup N-M231|N]], which is typical among [[Uralic peoples]]. Seven of them had its subclade [[Haplogroup N-M231#N1a2b (P43)|N1b-P43]] and one belonged to the subclade [[Haplogroup N-M231#N1a1a (M178)|N1c]]. Haplogroup [[Haplogroup R1b|R1b]] was found in one sample.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tambets |first1=Kristiina |last2=Yunusbayev |first2=Bayazit |last3=Hudjashov |first3=Georgi |last4=Ilumäe |first4=Anne-Mai |last5=Rootsi |first5=Siiri |last6=Honkola |first6=Terhi |last7=Vesakoski |first7=Outi |last8=Atkinson |first8=Quentin |last9=Skoglund |first9=Pontus |last10=Kushniarevich |first10=Alena |last11=Litvinov |first11=Sergey |last12=Reidla |first12=Maere |last13=Metspalu |first13=Ene |last14=Saag |first14=Lehti |last15=Rantanen |first15=Timo |date=2018 |title=Genes reveal traces of common recent demographic history for most of the Uralic-speaking populations |journal=Genome Biology |language=en |volume=19 |issue=1 |page=139 |doi=10.1186/s13059-018-1522-1 |doi-access=free |issn=1474-760X |pmc=6151024 |pmid=30241495}}</ref>

==See also==
[[File:Enets current.png|thumb|left|Distribution of Enets, early 21st century]]
* [[List of indigenous peoples of Russia]]

==References==
{{Portal|Siberia}}
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==Further reading==
* ''[[The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire]]'', {{ISBN|9985-9369-2-2}} This book may be ordered from its Estonian publisher at https://web.archive.org/web/20040217225839/http://www.redbook.ee/english.html
*[[Colin Thubron]], ''In Siberia'', HarperCollins, 1999, hardcover, 287 pages, {{ISBN|0-06-019543-6}}; British editions, Chatto & Williams or [[Sinclair Stevenson]], October, 1999, hardcover, 320 pages, {{ISBN|1-85619-798-0}}; trade paperback, Penguin, September, 2000, 384 pages, {{ISBN|0-14-026860-X}}

==External links==
*[https://arhiiv.eki.ee/books/redbook/enets.shtml Article on the Enets in ''The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire'' online version]

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{{Indigenous peoples of Russia}}
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[[Category:Indigenous peoples of Siberia]]
[[Category:Samoyedic peoples]]
[[Category:Krasnoyarsk Krai]]
[[Category:Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East]]
[[Category:Modern nomads]]