Udege
/uːˈdɛɡə/noun
A member of an Indigenous Tungusic people of the Russian Far East, or the language traditionally spoken by them.
Did you know?The Udege language is traditionally associated with the Sikhote-Alin region of the Russian Far East and is critically endangered.
Etymological Timeline
19th Century
Russian
удэге
“A Russian ethnonym for the Indigenous people of the Russian Far East.”
19th–20th Century
Udege
Удэге / Udehe
“An endonym or closely related native form used for the people and their language.”
20th Century
English
Udege
“An English rendering of the ethnonym, used in anthropological and linguistic writing.”
Modern English
English
Udege
“The people, language, or cultural tradition associated with the Udege of the Russian Far East.”