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Chukchi

Chukchi

9.9
A language spoken by a native people in northeastern Siberia with different ways of saying words for men and women
  • noun
translation icon : chukchi
  • The Chukchi language features pronunciation differences based on the speaker's gender.

Examples

  • She is fluent in both Russian and Chukchi.

  • She speaks Chukchi fluently.

  • Linguists have studied the Chukchi language for its unusual grammatical structures.

  • The Chukchi language has unique sounds.

  • Linguists have studied the Chukchi language for its unusual grammatical structures.

  • The Chukchi language features pronunciation differences based on the speaker's gender.

  • She is fluent in both Russian and Chukchi.

Synonyms

Chukchi language
vsChukchi
9.9

A native language spoken in northeastern Siberia by the Chukchi people where men and women speak differently

is the shorter name that can mean both the people and the language

Compounds

Chukchi Sea
1 8.0

A sea in the Arctic Ocean north of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia

Chukchi language
9.9

A native language spoken in northeastern Siberia by the Chukchi people where men and women speak differently

Chukchi Peninsula
9.1

A large peninsula in northeastern Siberia that sticks into the Bering Sea across from Alaska

Surface Forms

Chukchi singular
Chukchis plural

Etymology

Chukchi also names the language of that group, coming from the same group name, so the Chukchi language simply means the speech of the Chukchi people.