Enets is a
Samoyedic language spoken by the
Enets people along the lower
Yenisei River in
Krasnoyarsk Krai,
Russia. There are two distinct dialects, Forest (Bai) Enets and Tundra (Madu or Somatu) Enets, which may be considered separate languages. There are only about forty speakers in total, with slightly more speaking Tundra Enets. Most speakers are middle-aged or older, and all speak
Russian as a second language. It is closely related to
Nenets, of which it was formerly regarded as a dialect, and to
Nganasan.