Chukchi language
Spoken in
- Tschuktscho - Kamtschadalisch Tschuktscho - Koryak Tschukot Chukchi
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Ckt
Chukchi ( proper name lg'orawetl'en yilyil [ ˌ ɬəɣʔɔrawɛ tɬʔɛn jiɬəjiɬ ], dt "language of real people " from lgi " real", ' orawetl'an "man" and yilyil " tongue, language", Russ чукотский язык ) is paläosibirische a language that is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers, the Chukchi in the north-eastern tip of the Russian Far East in the region of Chukotka.
The most closely related language, the Koryak, has about 3,500 speakers. Both languages form with Itelmenisch, Aliutor and Kerek the group of tschuktscho - Kamchadal languages. ( Where all other information about the family of languages. )
The Chukchi and Koryak form a cultural unit, its economy based on reindeer herding and they have the status of autonomous districts within the Russian Federation.
The origin of the Russian name tschuktscha is unclear. Probably, however, it has its origins in the name of the biggest social sub-group, the Rentiertschuktschen ( tschuktsch. cawcw [ sawsəw ] ).
In the Red Book of UNESCO, the language is listed as "endangered".
The tschuktschische language is written with the Cyrillic alphabet, with the help of three additional letters: Ӄӄ, Ӈӈ and Ԓԓ, as well as the characters. The Ԓԓ was only introduced in the late 1980s to L- According to the distinction mark the Chukch occurring in loanwords from Russian. A special feature is the different pronunciation of the consonant / r / or the combination / rk / in men and women. While the men / r / and / rk / speak, the women speak in both cases / ts /. As it is called the " walrus " in the men rərkə among women tsətsə. ( For more information about linguistic structure see Tschuktscho - kamtschadalische languages. ) The only became known in the German word from the Chukch language is the name given to the species of salmon ( tschuktsch. qetaqet ) chum salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta Latin, English. Dog salmon, chum salmon ), from the " Keta " caviar is obtained.