Khanty and mansi, western siberian peoples, living mainly in the ob river basin of central russia Together they numbered some 30,000 in the late 20th century. The mansi people's mythology, deities, and rituals highlight a worldview centered on harmony between nature, spirits, and humans Their traditions, though influenced by external forces over time, remain a testament to their deep spiritual heritage. The literary mansi language is based on the northern mansi dialect The cultural unity of the mansi and the khanty allows them to be combined under the name “ob ugrians.”
A local population and a group of ugrian nomads who arrived from the south sometime between a.d There are about 3,184 speakers. Mansi, western siberian peoples, living mainly in the ob river basin of central russia The Mansi (Mansi: Мāньси / Мāньси мāхум, [4] Māńsi / Māńsi māhum, [ˈmaːnʲsʲi, ˈmaːnʲsʲi ˈmaːxʊm]) are an Ob-Ugric Indigenous people living in Khanty–Mansia, an autonomous okrug within Tyumen Oblast in Russia. In Khanty–Mansia, the Khanty and Mansi languages have co-official status with Russian.
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