Dictionary

Nivkh en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /nɪvk/
• /nɪvx/
• /ni(ː)fk/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Nivkh нивх (ņivx, “man”).

Meanings

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.

Forms

Synonyms

Gilyak

Nivkh en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /nɪvk/
• /nɪvx/
• /ni(ː)fk/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Nivkh нивх (ņivx, “man”).

Meanings

1. The language isolate spoken by the Nivkh.

Synonyms

Amuric · Gilyak

Translations (44)

sv nivchiska (language) · uz нивхс (language) · ko 니브흐어 (language) · pl niwchijski (language) · vi Nivkh (language) · ja ニヴフ語 (language) · no Giljakisk (language) · fi nivhi (language) · koi Нивх (language) · it nivkh (language) · lt Nivchių (language) · fr nivkhe (language) · uk Нівхська (language) · no Nivkhisk (language) · es nivj (language) · cv Нивх (language) · fr nivkh (language) · bg Нивх (language) · oc nivkhe (language) · br Nivc'heg (language) · cmn 尼夫赫 (language) · et nivhi (language) · vep Nivhan (language) · es nivejí (language) · ca Nivkh (language) · niv нивх туғс (language) · lez Нивх (language) · nl Nivch (language) · mnc ᡶᡳᠶᠠᡴᠠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (language) · pt Nivkhe (language) · oc nivkh (language) · id Nivkh (language) · cmn 尼夫赫语 (language) · ru нивхский (language) · kpv Нивх (language) · mnc ᡶᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (language) · es nivkh (language) · niv нивх диф (language) · he נִיבְחִית (language) · cs Nivchština (language) · de Niwchische (language) · es nivji (language) · km នីវ្ខ (language) · gl nivkh (language)