Nivkh

English

Etymology

From Nivkh нивх (nivx, “man”).

Noun

Nivkh (plural Nivkhs or Nivkh or Nivkhi)

  1. A member of an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the region of the Amur River estuary in Russia's Khabarovsk Krai.

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Proper noun

Nivkh

  1. The language isolate spoken by the Nivkh.

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