Taimyr Pidgin Russian | |
Nativename: | Govorka[1] |
States: | Russia |
Region: | Taimyr Peninsula |
Ethnicity: | Nganasan |
Speakers: | none |
Familycolor: | Pidgin |
Family: | Russian-based creole |
Iso3: | none |
Glotto: | taim1252 |
Glottorefname: | Taimyr Pidgin Russian |
Ietf: | crp-u-sd-rukya |
Taimyr Pidgin Russian, also known as Govorka (Russian: говорка), is a Russian-based pidgin spoken on the Taimyr Peninsula by the Nganasan people. Before the expansion of universal education in the 20th century, most Nganasan spoke only their own language and pidgin Russian.[1]