Kamchatkan, also called Kamchatic, is a former dialect cluster spoken on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. It now consists of a single language, Western Itelmen, which had 100 or fewer speakers in 1991, mostly of the older generation; the Russian census of 2010 still reported 80 speakers.
Facts
Partially Attested
Proto-Language StatusPartially reconstructed as Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan (shared with Chukotkan) 1 Refers to the parent Chukotko-Kamchatkan proto-language, not a Kamchatkan-only proto-language Speaker Count In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Europe, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kamchatkan languages
Infobox, region
Russian Far East
Introduction, first paragraph, last sentence
The Russian census of 2010 still reported 80 speakers.
Introduction, fourth paragraph
The Chukotko-Kamchatkan proto-language has been partially reconstructed.
View the SourceWikidata: Kamchatkan languages
Wikidata Q2606172, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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