Koryak language
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| Koryak | |
|---|---|
| чавʼчывэн; чавʼчываелыел | |
 Koryak language in Koryak with transliteration | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Koryak Okrug |
| Ethnicity | 8,022 Koryaks |
Native speakers | 1665, 21% of ethnic population (2010 census)[1] |
Chukotko-Kamchatkan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kpy |
| Glottolog | kory1246 |
| ELP | Koryak |
Koryak (/ˈkɔːriæk/) is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken by about 1,700 people as of 2010[1] in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in Koryak Okrug. It is mostly spoken by Koryaks. Its close relative, the Chukchi language, is spoken by about three times that number. The language together with Chukchi, Kerek, Alutor and Itelmen forms the Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family.[2] Its native name in Koryak is нымылан nymylan, but variants of the Russian "Koryak" name are most commonly used in English and other languages.
The Chukchi and Koryaks form a cultural unit with an economy based on reindeer herding and both have autonomy within the Russian Federation.
Phonology
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ə | o |
| Open | a |
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | c | k | q | ||
| Fricative | plain | β | ɣ | ʕ | |||
| dental | v | ||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Liquid | l | ʎ | |||||
| Approximant | (w) | j | |||||
[w] may be an allophone of /β/[citation needed].
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 |
References
- ^ a b "Population of the Russian Federation by Languages (in Russian)" (PDF). Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal Bureau of Government Statistics, in Russian). 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Concise encyclopedia of languages of the world. Brown, E. K., Ogilvie, Sarah. (1st ed.). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. 2009. pp. 239–241. ISBN 9780080877754. OCLC 318247422.
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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.
- Campbell, George L. and Gareth King. "Compendium of the World's Languages". 2013.ISBN 4-87297-896-X
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