Luorawetlan languages

Luorawetlan languages
also spelled  Luoravetlan,  

      family of languages including Chukchi, Koryak, Itelmen, Aliutor, and Kerek, spoken in northeastern Siberia. The Luorawetlan language family is placed with the Yeniseian languages, Yukaghir, and Nivkh within the Paleo-Siberian languages, which are not genetically related. The largest languages of the Luorawetlan family are Chukchi and Koryak.

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