Also Known As:
Luoravetlan, Chukchee, чукотский язык, Ԓыгъоравэтԓьэн йиԓыйиԓ, Lyg'oravetl'en jilyjil, луораветланский язык, Sprache der Tschuktschen, Chuchee, Chukcha, tšuktšin kieli, tchouktche
Dialects & Varieties
- Chaun
- Enmylinskij
- Enurmin
- Nunligranskij
- Pevekskij
- Uellanskij
- Xatyrskij
- Yanrakinot
Recent Resources
This is one of the editions of an online version of a newspaper that is in the Chukchi language.
Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<11,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html