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Chukotian — noun a) Chukotko Kamchatkan language family b) a northern branch of Chukotko Kamchatkan … Wiktionary
Chukotian — /cheuh koh sheuhn/, n. a group of genetically related languages spoken on the Chukchi and Kamchatka peninsulas in eastern Siberia, including Chukchi, Kamchadal, and Koryak. Also called Chukchi Kamchatkan, Chukotko Kamchatkan /cheuh kot koh kam… … Useful english dictionary
Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages — Chukotko Kamchatkan Chukchi–Kamchatkan, Luorawetlan Geographic distribution: Russian Far East Linguistic classification: Chukotko Kamchatkan Proto language: Proto Chukotko Kamchatkan … Wikipedia
Eurasiatic languages — Eurasiatic is a hypothetical macro family proposed by Joseph Greenberg that groups together several language families of Europe, Asia, and North America. The branches of EurasiaticAs laid out by Greenberg (2000:279 81), the branches of Eurasiatic … Wikipedia
Chukchi — /chook chee/, n., pl. Chukchis, (esp. collectively) Chukchi for 1. 1. a member of a Paleo Asiatic people of northeastern Siberia. 2. the Chukotian language of the Chukchi people, noted for having different pronunciations for men and women. Also,… … Universalium
Chukchi-Kamchatkan — /chook chee kam chaht keuhn, chat /, n. Chukotian. * * * … Universalium
Itelmen — /ee tel men /, n. 1. a member of a small group of Paleo Asiatic people inhabiting the Kamchatka peninsula in eastern Siberia. 2. the Chukotian language of the Itelmen people. Also called Kamchadal. * * * ▪ people also called Kamchadal, … … Universalium
Koryak — /kawr yak/, n., pl. Koryaks, (esp. collectively) Koryak for 1. 1. a member of a Paleo Asiatic people of northeastern Siberia. 2. the Chukotian language of the Koryak people, closely related to Chukchi. * * * ▪ okrug, Russia also spelled Koriak … … Universalium
Luoravetlan — /looh awr euh vet leuhn, lwawr /, n. Chukotian. Also, Luorawetlan /looh awr euh wet leuhn, lwawr /. [ < Chukchi lajoravetlen a self designation, said to mean lit. proper person (or < a cognate Koryak word); see AN] * * * … Universalium
Paleosiberian — /pay lee oh suy bear ee euhn/ or, esp. Brit., /pal ee /, n. 1. a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the… … Universalium
