Family composition of the local dialectic groups of Mansi and Middle Ob River Selkups: an experience of comparative analysis

This article presents the results of comparative analysis of the family compositions of several local groups of Mansi and Selkups. On the one hand, lists of surnames of northern (Lyapinsk-Sosvinsky), southern (Tavdinsky), western (Pelymsk-Lozvinsky), and eastern (Kondinsky) Mansi have been identified; on the other hand, surnames of Selkups of the central (Tymsk-Vasyugansk-Parabelsk-Narymsky Chumylkups) and southern dialectic areas have been included in the analytical review (Ket and Ob (Sondor) syussykums, Ob shoeshkups, Chaya syussykojgula). Primarily, it has been revealed that, in general, the Mansiysk pool of surnames is noticeably more extensive in quantitaty than the Selkup one. Furthermore, both the Mansi and the Selkups have their own specific set of surnames in each local group or dialect area; familial intersections between the groups within the same ethnic group are insignificant. Yet, the comparative study has revealed that there are some intersections in the family composition of these ethnic groups: the Lyapin-Sosva group of Mansi and the “farthest” southern Selkups. In addition, several surnames of the Kondinsky Mansi and of the Selkups who lived along the Ob River between the Keta, Chaya, and Chulym estuaries appear to be phonetically very close.