Koryak language
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Koryak is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan
language spoken by circa 3,000 people (Koryak) in the easternmost extremity of Siberia
, mainly in Koryak Okrug. It is mostly a language spoken by Koryaks
. Its close relative, the Chukchi language
, is spoken by about twice that number. The language together with Chukchi, Kerek
, Alutor
and Itelmen
forms the Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family. Its name in Koryak is нымылан, Nymylan, but the name imposed by the Russians is the most common.
The Chukchi and Koryaks form a cultural unit with an economy based on reindeer herding and both have autonomy within the Russian Federation
.
Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages
The Chukotko-Kamchatkan or Chukchi–Kamchatkan languages are a language family of extreme northeastern Siberia. Its speakers are indigenous hunter-gatherers and reindeer-herders....
language spoken by circa 3,000 people (Koryak) in the easternmost extremity of Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
, mainly in Koryak Okrug. It is mostly a language spoken by Koryaks
Koryaks
Koryaks are an indigenous people of Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, who inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea to the south of the Anadyr basin and the country to the immediate north of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the southernmost limit of their range being Tigilsk. They are akin to the...
. Its close relative, the Chukchi language
Chukchi language
The Chukchi language is a Palaeosiberian language spoken by Chukchi people in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug...
, is spoken by about twice that number. The language together with Chukchi, Kerek
Kerek language
Kerek was a language of Russia that belongs to the northern branch of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages. On historical linguistic grounds it is most closely related to Koryak...
, Alutor
Alutor language
Alyutor or Alutor is a language of Russia that belongs to the Chukotkan branch of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages.-Sociolinguistic situation :...
and Itelmen
Itelmen language
Itelmen, also known as Western Itelmen and formerly known as Kamchadal, is a language belonging to the Chukotko-Kamchatkan family traditionally spoken in the Kamchatka Peninsula. Fewer than a hundred native speakers, mostly elderly, in a few settlements in the southwest of Koryak Autonomous Okrug,...
forms the Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family. Its name in Koryak is нымылан, Nymylan, but the name imposed by the Russians is the most common.
The Chukchi and Koryaks form a cultural unit with an economy based on reindeer herding and both have autonomy within the Russian Federation
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
Koryak alphabet
| А а | Б б | В в | В' в' | Г г | Г' г' | Д д | Е е |
| Ё ё | Ж ж | З з | И и | Й й | К к | Л л | |
| М м | Н н | О о | П п | Р р | С с | Т т | |
| У у | Ф ф | Х х | Ц ц | Ч ч | Ш ш | Щ щ | Ъ ъ |
| Ы ы | Ь ь | Э э | Ю ю | Я я |