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Nivkh.

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, Also distributed in Japan's Hokkaido.

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noun/nɪvk//nɪvx//ni(ː)fk/
  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, Also distributed in Japan's Hokkaido.

Where this word comes from

From Nivkh нивх (ņivx, “man”).

name/nɪvk//nɪvx//ni(ː)fk/
  1. The language isolate spoken by the Nivkh.

Where this word comes from

From Nivkh нивх (ņivx, “man”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.