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Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Eurasian Language Families

Chukotko-Kamchatkan is a small family of languages indigenous to the far northeastern Siberian region of Russia, comprising the Chukotkan branch, including Chukchi and Koryak, and the now-extinct Kamchatkan branch, including Itelmen. Its languages are spoken by only a few thousand people combined, most of them elderly, and all are considered endangered.

Facts
Region
Extreme northeastern Siberia 2
Speaker Count
7000 2
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed as Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan, per Michael Fortescue's Comparative Dictionary of Chukotko-Kamchatkan (2005) 3
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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
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Number of Languages
7 1
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Siberia

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Source Wikipedia: Chukotko-Kamchatkan LanguagesLead sentence 1tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Chukotko-Kamchatkan or Chukchi–Kamchatkan languages are a language family of extreme northeastern Siberia.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Chukotko-Kamchatkan (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 7
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Wikipedia: Chukotko-Kamchatkan Languages
Wikipedia
  • Lead section, paragraph 1: family location sentence
    The Chukotko-Kamchatkan or Chukchi-Kamchatkan languages are a language family of extreme northeastern Siberia.
  • Lead section, paragraph 1: Chukotkan branch speaker count sentence
    The Chukotkan branch had close to 7,000 speakers left (as of 2010, the majority being speakers of Chukchi), with a reported total ethnic population of 25,000.
  • Infobox: protoname
    Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan
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3. Wikipedia: Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan Language
WikipediaLead section, paragraph 1: reconstruction statement
Quote, Lead section, paragraph 1: reconstruction statement
Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages.
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Wikidata: Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Wikidata Q33255, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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