| Koryak | |
| Nativename: | чавʼчывэн
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| States: | Russia |
| Region: | Koryak Okrug |
| Ethnicity: | 7,485 Koryaks |
| Speakers: | 1665, 21% of ethnic population |
| Date: | 2010 census |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Paleosiberian |
| Fam1: | Chukotko-Kamchatkan |
| Fam2: | Chukotkan |
| Dia1: | Chavchuven Koryak |
| Iso3: | kpy |
| Glotto: | kory1246 |
| Glottorefname: | Koryak |
| Map: | Chukotko-Kamchatkan map.svg |
| Map2: | Lang Status 40-SE.svg |
Koryak is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken by 1,665 people as of 2010 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.[2] 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. The language is also known as Nymylan, Korjakische, Chavchuven and Koræiki.[3]
| Back | ||||
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| Close | pronounced as /i/ | pronounced as /u/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /ɛ/ | pronounced as /ə/ | pronounced as /o/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /a/ |
| Plosive | pronounced as /p/ | pronounced as /t/ | pronounced as /c/ | pronounced as /k/ | pronounced as /q/ | |||
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| Fricative | plain | pronounced as /β/ | pronounced as /ɣ/ | pronounced as /ʕ/ | ||||
| dental | pronounced as /v/ | |||||||
| Affricate | pronounced as /t͡ʃ/ | |||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /m/ | pronounced as /n/ | pronounced as /ɲ/ | pronounced as /ŋ/ | ||||
| Liquid | pronounced as /l/ | pronounced as /ʎ/ | ||||||
| Approximant | (pronounced as /w/) | pronounced as /j/ | ||||||
| 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 |