- The Nivkh, or
Gilyak (also
Nivkhs or Nivkhi, or
Gilyaks; ethnonym: Нивхгу, Nʼivxgu (Amur) or Ниғвңгун, Nʼiɣvŋgun (E. Sakhalin) "the people"), are an Indigenous...
- also Nivkhic; self-designation: Нивхгу диф,
Nivxgu dif, /ɲivxɡu dif/), or
Gilyak (/ˈɡɪljæk/ GIL-yak), or Amuric, is a
small language family,
often portra****...
- Look up
Gilyak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Nivkh or
Amuric or
Gilyak may
refer to:
Nivkh people (Nivkhs) or
Gilyak people (
Gilyaks)
Nivkh language...
-
captive told him of a "River Mamur" at
whose mouth lived the "sedentary
Gilyaks". In late
April or
early May 1640 he
sailed southwest as far as Uda Gulf...
- and
adjacent areas. They are also
known Kara****o Ken,
Sakhalin Laika, or
Gilyak Laika.
While bred
primarily as a sled dog,
Sakhalin Huskies are also used...
- Chekhov's
writing on Sakhalin,
especially the
traditions and
habits of the
Gilyak people, is the
subject of a
sustained meditation and
analysis in Haruki...
- and
adjacent areas. They are also
known Kara****o Ken,
Sakhalin Laika, or
Gilyak Laika.
While bred
primarily as a sled dog,
Sakhalin Huskies are also used...
- Xigaze, Tibet, up to 90% of
families practiced polyandry in 2008.
Among the
Gilyaks of
Sakhalin Island "polyandry is also practiced."
Fraternal polyandry was...
-
obtaining dhole specimens during his
exploration of Amurland, as the
local Gilyaks greatly feared the species. This fear and
superstition was not, however...
- tyngryn, tïgrïk) is a
musical instrument of the
Nivkh people (formerly
called Gilyak) of
Sakhalin Island in the
Russian Far East. It is a one-string fiddle,...