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Nivkh speaker and ethnic population in the 2021 census

Aleksandr Natarov, Mon, 2023-02-06 13:32
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The 2021 census registered 708 speakers of the language and 3,863 ethnic Nivkh in the Russian Federation.

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Chukotko-Kamchatkan-Amuric languages

Richaringan, Thu, 2022-10-06 12:13
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Hello, Gilyak (or Nivkh) is currently considered a language isolate by Ethnologue. But in 2011, Michael Fortescue argued that Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Amuric actually formed a language family (based on phonological, lexical and morphological evidence), called Chukotko-Kamchatkan-Amuric (also known as Gilyako-Chukchi, or Nivkh-Kamchukotic).

It seems that this theory is not controversial, rather well accepted, and only Glottolog says that it is "insufficiant" (as for Nilo-Saharan, and Niger-Congo languages).

What do you think ? It could be C-K-A, Gilyak and C-K-A, Chukotko-Kamchatkan (C-K-A=Chukotko-Kamchatkan-Amuric).

Sources :

(PDF) The relationship of Nivkh to Chukotko-Kamchatkan revisited (researchgate.net)

Glottolog 4.6 - Amur Nivkh

Yours sincerly, Richaringan

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