Koryak language
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Koryak (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell), also known as Nymylan, Korjakische, Chavchuven and Koræiki,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken by 1,665 people as of 2010<ref name="GYS" /> 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, Alyutor and Itelmen forms the Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Its native name in Koryak is нымылан nymylan, but variants of the Russian name "Koryak" 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.
PhonologyEdit
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Koryak alphabetEdit
| 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 |
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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., 1972. Grammatika Korjakskogo Jazyka: Fonetika, Morfologia. Moscow: Akademia Nauk SSSR. 327pp. (In kyrill. Schrift).
- 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.Template:ISBN