Ewenki


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E·wen·ki

 (ĭ-wĕng′kē)
n.
Variant of Evenki.
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Noun1.Ewenki - a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia
Evenki
2.Ewenki - the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern SiberiaEwenki - the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia
Tunguz, Evenki, Tungus
Tungusic language, Tungusic - a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas
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She uses the historical comparative method, and draws on a database of about 230 Turkic and 70 Tungusic loanwords, along with a smaller number of Mongolic origin that came through either the Siberian Turkic languages or the Tungusic Ewenki languages.
Language Contact in Siberia: Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic Loanwords in Yeniseian
Genhe's Aoluguya Ewenki ethnic township is home to China's only reindeer-herding tribe.
A place where reindeer reign dear
The distal 5 cm from each antler was collected from two anaesthetized healthy reindeer at Grand Farm in Harbin, which were introduced from the Ewenki reindeer herding of Aoluguya, Inner Mongolia, China.
A Study on Differentially Expressed Genes in Reserve Mesenchyme of Male and Female Reindeer Antler Tip

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