Concept information
Preferred term
cktChukot
Type
-
Language
Definition
- The Chukchi language (also known as Chukchee, Luoravetlan, Chukot and Chukcha; in its own language: ԓыгъоравэтԓьэн йиԓыйиԓ ) is a Palaeosiberian language spoken by Chukchi people in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. According to the Russian Census of 2002, about 7,700 of the 15,700 Chukchi people speak Chukchi; knowledge of the Chukchi language is decreasing, and most Chukchis now speak the Russian language (fewer than 500 report not speaking Russian at all). Chukchi is closely related to Koryak, which is spoken by about half that number. The language together with Koryak, Kerek, Alutor and Itelmen forms the Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family.
Entry terms
- Chukchi language
ISO 639-3 code
- ckt
Notation
- ckt
In other languages
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Tchouktche
French
-
Tschuktschische Sprache
German
-
Lingua ciukcia
Italian
-
Portuguese
-
Idioma chucoto
Spanish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ckt
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