Chukchi

Facts

  • Language: Chukchi
  • Alternate names: Chuchee, Chukcha, Chukchee, Chukot, Luoravetlan
  • Language code: ckt
  • Language family: Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Chukotian
  • Number of speakers: 5100
  • Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
  • Script: Cyrillic script.

More information:

    Introduction

    Chukchi is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken by the Chukchi people in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Knowledge of the Chukchi language is decreasing, and most Chukchi now speak the Russian language.

    The Chukchi Verb

    Verblist