The Pumpokols were a Yeniseian people, part of the people sometimes referred to as Ostyaks. By mixing and Russification, they were assimilated by the end of the 20th century.
Gebéŋ | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Siberia (Russia) | |
| Languages | |
| formerly Pumpokol language | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Yeniseian people |
The Pumpokol ethnonym Gebéŋ, related to Yugh Chaibaŋ originally meant somerthing like 'mountainous area' or 'area with a steep riverbank', and as an ethnonym meant 'people of the mountain area'.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005). Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts. Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 978-3-447-05239-9.
Bibliography
edit- Edward J. Vajda, Yeniseian Peoples and Languages: A History of Yeniseian Studies with an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide, Routledge, 2013, 391 p. ISBN 9781136837401
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