Koryak language

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Koryak (нымылан)
Spoken in:	Russia
Region:	Koryak Okrug
Total speakers:	3019 ([Russian Census (2002)
Language family:	Chukotko-Kamchatkan Northern Koryak (нымылан)
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`mis`
ISO 639-3:	`kpy`
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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. 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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