| LC control no. | sh2008008041 |
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| Topical heading | Orok (Asian people) |
| Variant(s) | Nani (Asian people) Oroki (Asian people) Uilta Wilta (Asian people) Ulʹta (Asian people) |
| See also | Ethnology--Russia (Federation) |
| Found in | Work cat.: Piłsudki, B. Iz poezdki k orokam o. Sakhalina v 1904 g., 1989: p. 5 (oroki; the smallest and least studied of the native peoples of Sakhalin) Peoples of the red book, via WWW, Oct. 2, 2008: the Oroks (self-designations: ulʹta, nani; Oroks live on Sakhalin Island; they are pure Mongoloids belonging to the Baikal or Paleo-Soberian group; the Oroks are close to the Orochi and the Ulchi, yet differ from them sharply in regard to their economy based on reindeer-breeding; some regard them as an Evenki subgroup) Schweitzer, P.P. Hunters and gatherers in the modern world, 2000: p. 328 (Oroks were not always identified as a distinct ethnic group in censuses) Ethnologue, 1996: p. 769 (Orok (Oroc, Ukta, Ujlta) language; distinct from Oroch language) Encyclopedia of world cultures, 1991-1996: v. 6, p. 296 (Orok; self-designation Ul'ta, Uilta Wilta; indigenous people of Sakhalin Island) |
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