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koryak language
The KoryakLanguage is a KoryakAlyutorLanguage of Russia (Asia). SIL code: KPY. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: 3,500 speakers out of an ethnic population of 7,000 (1997 M. Krauss). Region: Koryak National Okrug, south of the Chukot, northern half of Kamchatka Peninsula and adjacent continent. Alternate names: NYMYLAN. Dialects: CAVCUVENSKIJ (CHAVCHUVEN), APOKINSKIJ (APUKIN), KAMENSKIJ (KAMEN), XATYRSKIJ, PAREN, ITKAN, PALAN, GIN. Comments: Chavchuven, Palan, and Kamen are apparently not inherently intelligible. Bilingualism in Russian. A few children speak Koryak. Taught in school. Coast: fishermen, hunters, inland: cattle raisers. Traditional religion, Christian.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instanceschukotko kamchatkan languageA ChukotkoKamchatkanLanguage is any of five languages found in Russia (Asia) that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 koryak alyutor languageOf the four NorthernChukotkoKamchatkanLanguages, three of these is classified as a KoryakAlyutorLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 northern chukotko kamchatkan languageOf the five ChukotkoKamchatkanLanguages, four of these are classified as a NorthernChukotkoKamchatkanLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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