Selkup languages

Selkup is the group of languages of the Selkups, belonging to the Samoyedic group of the Uralic language family. It is spoken by some 600 people (2022 est.) in the region between the Ob and Yenisei Rivers (in Siberia). The language name Selkup comes from the Russianселькуп, based on the native name used in the Taz dialect, шӧльӄумыт әты (šöľqumyt ətylit.'forest-man language'). Different dialects use different native names.