KHANTY Definition & Meaning

Khanty

[ kahn-tee, khahn- ]

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noun

plural Khanties, (especially collectively) Khanty

a member of a Uralic people now living in scattered settlements along the river Ob and its tributaries in Siberia, and known from historical records to have lived in northern European Russia.
the Ugric language of the Khanty, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Khanty¹

< Russian ��á�Գٲ� (not declined) < Khanty xantə, qantə

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At that time, local people lived by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants—a lifestyle still partially practiced by Nenets and Khanty people in the area today.

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In the early 1930s, the Soviet government drove the Nenets and Khanty reindeer breeders on to newly established collective farms.

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Reindeer are of vital importance to Khanty - they are used for clothing, transportation and food.

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Khanty have to protect their reindeer from this predator, which is considered a sacred animal.

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Many Khanty families have abandoned tradition, but the Kazamkins still spend most of the year at the family reindeer herding camps.

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