Editing Chukchi language (section)

== People ==
{{Main|Chukchi people}}
The Chukchi people have a rich history and culture, which have traditionally centered around war.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Bogoras |first=W. |date=1901 |title=The Chukchi of Northeastern Asia |journal=American Anthropologist |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=80–108 |doi=10.1525/aa.1901.3.1.02a00060 |doi-access=}}</ref> The Chukchi prize warriors and the fighting spirit that they embody. This emphasis on conflict can be seen in the interactions between the Chukchi and the Russians, which date back to the middle of the seventeenth century and tell of glorious battles between the two groups.<ref name=":0" /> The Chukchi have also been known to battle nearby tribes, particularly the Tánñit, which comprise fellow Siberian peoples known as the Koryaks. However, over the last century, the Chukchi people have engaged in far fewer conflicts and have focused more on trading. Today, the Chukchi economy relies heavily on trade, particularly with Russia.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kolga |first=M. |title=The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire |publisher=Tallinn: NGO Red Book |year=2001}}</ref>

Besides trading with Russia, the Chukchi make their living off of herding reindeer and bartering with other tribes.<ref name=":0" /> There is also a group of Chukchi that do not herd reindeer and instead live along the coast, trading more with tribes who live along the pacific coast. Some Chukchi people even choose to go back and forth between the two divisions, trading with both. These people tend to control more of the trade and have been called Kavrálît or “Rangers”.

Notably, Chukchi men and women use different pronunciation for the same words. While men say "r" or "rk", women say  "ts" or "tsts" in the same word.<ref>Богораз В. Г. Материалы по изучению чукотского языка и фольклора. — СПб., 1900.</ref>