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Koryak language

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Koryak
чавʼчывэн; чавʼчываелыел
Koryak language in Koryak with transliteration
Native to	Russia
Region	Koryak Okrug
Ethnicity	7,485 Koryaks
Native speakers	1665, 21% of ethnic population (2010 census)^[1]
Language family	Chukotko-Kamchatkan Chukotkan Koryak
Dialects	Chavchuven Koryak
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kpy`
Glottolog	`kory1246`
ELP	Koryak
Pre-contact distribution of Koryak (purple) and other Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages
Koryak is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Koryak (/ˈkɔːriæk/ KOR-ee-ak) is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken by 1,665 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, 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

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Koryak vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	ɛ	ə	o
Open		a

Koryak consonants
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal
Plosive		p	t	c	k	q
Fricative	plain	β			ɣ		ʕ
Fricative	dental	v
Affricate				t͡ʃ
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Liquid			l	ʎ
Approximant		(w)		j

[w] may be an allophoneof/β/.^[3]

Koryak alphabet

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А а	Б б	В в	Вʼ вʼ	Г г	Гʼ гʼ	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

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^ ^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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

^ Zhukova, 1972