Kerek

[aka керекский язык]

Classification: Chukotko-Kamchatkan

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critically endangered

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Kerek used to be classified as a dialect of Chukchee, but it has idiosyncratic features suggesting, on the one hand, a non-Chukchee-Koryak (probably Eskimo-Aleut) substrate, and, on the other hand, transitionality towards Koryak; the superficial similarity of Kerek with Chukchee can also be due to secondary Chukchee areal influence on Kerek.

керекский язык

Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Chukotkan

ISO 639-3

krk

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