Nivkh

From Nivkh нивх (nivx, “man”).

IPA^(key): /nɪvk/, /nɪvx/, /ni(ː)fk/

• Rhymes: -ɪvk, -ɪvx, -ifk, -iːfk

Nivkh (plural Nivkhs or Nivkh or Nivkhi)

1. A member of an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the region of the Amur River estuary in Russia's Khabarovsk Krai, Also distributed in Japan's Hokkaido.

• (dated) Gilyak

Nivkh

1. The language isolate spoken by the Nivkh.

• Gilyak
• Amuric