Editing Koryak language (section)

{{Short description|Chukotko-Kamchatkan language of Kamchatka, Russia}}{{more footnotes|date=May 2010}}
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{{Infobox language
| name             = Koryak
| nativename       = {{lang|kpy|чавʼчывэн}}; {{lang|kpy|чавʼчываелыел}}
| states           = [[Russia]]
| region           = [[Koryak Okrug]]
| ethnicity        = 7,485 [[Koryaks]]
| speakers         = 1665, 21% of ethnic population
| date             = 2010 census
| ref              = <ref name="GYS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Vol4/pub-04-05.pdf |title=Population of the Russian Federation by Languages (in Russian) |date=2010 |website=Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal Bureau of Government Statistics, in Russian) |access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Paleosiberian
| fam1             = [[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages|Chukotko-Kamchatkan]]
| fam2             = [[Chukotkan languages|Chukotkan]]
| dia1             = Chavchuven Koryak
| iso3             = kpy
| glotto           = kory1246
| glottorefname    = Koryak
| image            = Koriak_language.svg
| imagecaption     = Koryak language in Koryak with transliteration
| map              = Chukotko-Kamchatkan map.svg
| mapcaption       = Pre-contact distribution of Koryak (purple) and other [[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages]]
| map2             = Lang Status 40-SE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Koryak is classified as Severely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
}}

'''Koryak''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɔːr|i|æ|k}} {{respell|KOR|ee|ak}}), also known as '''Nymylan''', '''Korjakische''', '''Chavchuven''' and '''Koræiki''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Koryak |url=http://multitree.org/codes/kpy.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418164800/http://multitree.org/codes/kpy.html |archive-date=18 April 2015 |access-date=5 November 2024 |publisher=[[Linguist List|LINGUIST List]]}}</ref> is a [[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages|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 language|Alyutor]] and [[Itelmen language|Itelmen]] forms the [[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages|Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Concise encyclopedia of languages of the world|date=2009|publisher=Elsevier|others=Brown, E. K., Ogilvie, Sarah.|isbn=9780080877754|edition= 1st|location=Amsterdam, Netherlands|pages=239–241|oclc=318247422}}</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 [[Russia|Russian Federation]].