Koryak
Facts
- Language: Koryak
- Alternate names: Nymylan, Korak, корякский язык, нымылан, Korjakische, Koræiki, Koriak,
- Language code: kpy
- Language family: Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Northern, Koryak-Alyutor (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: ~3,000
- Vulnerability: Endangered
- Script: Cyrillic script.
More information:
Chavchuven used by reindeer herding tribes, all others use Nymylan. Traditional religion, Christian.
Like the speakers of Chukchee, the Koryak population is divided into two ecological groups known as the Coastal Koryak and the Reindeer or Chavchuven Koryak; in this case, dialectal differences are also involved.