Editing Chukchi language (section)

{{Short description|Chukotko-Kamchatkan language of northeast Russia}}
{{Distinguish|Chuukic languages}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Chukchi
| nativename       = {{lang|ckt|ԓыгъоравэтԓьэн йиԓыйиԓ}}<br /> {{tlit|ckt|Ḷygʺoravètḷʹèn jiḷyjiḷ}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|[ɬəɣˀorawetɬˀɛn jiɬəjiɬ]}}
| states           = [[Russia]]
| region           = [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]]
| ethnicity        = [[Chukchi people|Chukchi]]
| speakers         = 8,526, 52.6% of ethnic population
| date             = 2020 census
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/vpn_popul|title=All-Russian population census 2020 (in Russian)|website=rosstat.gov.ru|publisher=Federal State Statistics Service|access-date=23 February 2023|archive-date=24 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124160257/http://rosstat.gov.ru/vpn_popul|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Paleosiberian
| fam1             = [[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages|Chukotko-Kamchatkan]]
| fam2             = [[Chukotkan languages|Chukotkan]]
| iso3             = ckt
| script           = [[Cyrillic script]] <br> [[Tenevil]] (Historically)
| notice           = IPA
| glotto           = chuk1273
| glottorefname    = Chukchi
| map              = Chukotko-Kamchatkan map.svg
| mapcaption       = Pre-contact distribution of Chukchi (orange) and other [[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages]]
| map2             = Lang Status 60-DE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Chukchi is classified as Definitely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wal.unesco.org/discover/languages?text=&sort_by=title&page=47|title=UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger|access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref>}}
}}
[[File:WIKITONGUES- Evgenii speaking Chukchi.webm|thumb|A Chukchi speaker, recorded in [[Romania]].]]
'''Chukchi''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ʊ|k|tʃ|iː}} {{respell|CHUUK|chee}}),<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> also known as '''Chukot''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=ckt {{!}} ISO 639-3 |url=https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/ckt |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=iso639-3.sil.org}}</ref> is a [[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages|Chukotko–Kamchatkan language]] spoken by the [[Chukchi people]] in the easternmost extremity of [[Siberia]], mainly in [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]]. The language is closely related to [[Koryak language|Koryak]]. Chukchi, Koryak, [[Kerek language|Kerek]], [[Alutor language|Alutor]], and [[Itelmen language|Itelmen]] form the Chukotko-Kamchatkan [[Language families and languages|language family]]. There are many cultural similarities between the Chukchis and [[Koryaks]], including economies based on [[reindeer herding]]. Both peoples refer to themselves by the endonym '''''Luorawetlat''''' (ԓыгъоравэтԓьат {{IPA|[ɬəɣˀorawetɬˀat]}}; singular '''''Luorawetlan''''' ԓыгъоравэтԓьан {{IPA|[ɬəɣˀorawetɬˀan]}}), meaning "the real people". All of these peoples and other unrelated minorities in and around Kamchatka are known collectively as [[Kamchadals]].

''Chukchi'' and ''Chukchee'' are [[anglicisation|anglicized]] versions of the Russian [[exonym]] ''Chukcha'' (plural ''Chukchi''). This came into Russian from ''Čävča'', the term used by the Chukchis' [[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]-speaking neighbors, itself a rendering of the Chukchi word чавчыв {{IPA|[tʃawtʃəw]}}, which in Chukchi means "[a man who is] rich in reindeer," referring to any successful reindeer herder, a wealthy man by local standards.

Although Chukchi language is taught in 28 elementary schools in Chukotka Autonomous Region to 1616 children (according to 2015-2016 data),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xn--80atapud1a.xn--p1ai/region/education/native_language/|lang=ru|title=Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — Native language|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818234529/http://xn--80atapud1a.xn--p1ai/region/education/native_language/ |accessdate=30 December 2016|archive-date=2016-08-18 }}</ref> and there are several hours of daily TV and radio broadcasts in the Chukchi language, the everyday use and proficiency in the language is declining among native Chukchis. According to [[Russian Census (2021)|the 2020 census]], 8,526 of the 16,200 Chukchi people speak Chukchi; and most Chukchi now speak [[Russian language|Russian]] (fewer than 100 report not speaking Russian at all). The language is on the list of [[endangered language]]s in the [[UNESCO]] [[Red Book of Endangered Languages|Red Book]].