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word shamanism derives from the Russian word ?????, , which itself comes from the word saman from a Tungusic language - possibly from the southwestern dialect of the Evenki spoken by the Sym Evenki peoples, or from the Manchu language. The etymology of the word is sometimes connected to the Tungus root sa-, meaning "to know". However, Finnish ethnolinguist

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