Ostyak
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Ostyak can refer, especially in older literature, to serveral Siberian peoples and languages:
- The Khanty people, speaking a Finno-Ugric Khanty language
- The Kets, speaking Ket language, one of Yeniseian languages (old name Yenisei Ostyak), an isolated and nearly extinct language family.
- The Selkups (earlier Ostyak-Samoyeds), speaking a Samoyedic Selkup language