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| Koryak нымылан |
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| Spoken in: | Russia | |
| Region: | Koryak Okrug | |
| Total speakers: | 3019 ([Russian Census (2002) | |
| Language family: | Chukotko-Kamchatkan Northern Koryak |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | kpy | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
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. It's 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.
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 | Ӄ ӄ | Л л |
| М м | Н н | Ӈ ӈ | 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 |
Further reading
- Bogoras, Waldemar, and Franz Boas. Koryak Texts. Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1917.
- Comrie, Bernard. Inverse Verb Forms in Siberia Evidence from Chukchee, Koryak and Kamchadal. Amsterdam: Bibliotheek v.h. Inst. voor Algemene Taalwetenschap v.d. Univ. van Amsterdam], 1985.
- Zhukova, A. N., and Tokusu Kurebito. Basic topical dictionary of the Koryak-Chukchi languages = Basovyĭ tematicheskiĭ slovarʹ kori︠a︡ksko-chukotskikh i︠a︡zykov. Tokyo, Japan: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2004. ISBN 487297896X
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