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249 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Chukchee Chukchi ��υktʃi�
Language name Chrau �raυ
Autonym (if known and different) Luoravetlat
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Paleo-Asiatic Chukchi
Language family Austro-Asiatic Mon-Khmer
Spoken in Chukchi Peninsula (USSR)
Spoken in Vietnam
Approximate number of speakers 10k
Approximate number of speakers 15k
Writing system Cyrillic
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-initial
Stress
Contains following rare retroflex, uvular
consonant (types)
Contains following rare retroflex, implosive
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7
Said to have how many vowels? 8 long, 6 short, 2 diphthongs
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony yes, strong–weak or dominant–subordinate
Vowel harmony none
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based
Morphology isolating word-based
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; partial suffixed reduplication;
suffix; synaffix
Particular formation types infix; prefix; full reduplication
Syntax
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Word order SOV AN postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena classifiers; noun classes
Particular syntactic phenomena absolutive/ergative and nominative/accusative systems;
morphological aspect; gender; conjugation classes
Points of interest most affixation is no longer productive
Points of interest
Sources Ruhlen (1976), Thomas (1971)
Sources Haspelmath et al. (2005), Maddieson (1984), Ruhlen (1976)
Chukchi see Chukchee
Circassian see Kabardian