Chukotian

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 chaht"keuhn, -chat"-/, Luoravetlan.
[ < Russ chukót(skii) Chukchi (adj.) + -IAN]

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