Koryak people

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The Koryak people are an Indigenous ethnic group of northeastern Siberia in Russia, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer herders and coastal hunters with a distinct Chukotko-Kamchatkan language and culture.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Koryak people canonical 11
Koryaks 8
Коряки 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Indigenous peoples of Siberia
ethnic group
affectedBy Russian colonization of Siberia
autonomousAreaHistorically Koryak Autonomous Okrug
continent Asia
country Russia
culturalArea Circumpolar North
ethnonymInKoryak Нымыланы (Nymylan)
ethnonymInRussian Коряки
linked to: Koryak people
governingState Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
haveOralTradition yes
indigenousTo Russian Far East
linked to: Russia Far East
language Koryak language
languageFamily Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages
lifestyle semi-nomadic
locatedIn northeastern Siberia
nowPartOf Kamchatka Krai
recognizedAs Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of Russia
relatedEthnicGroup Chukchi people
Itelmen people
Yupik peoples
religion Russian Orthodox Christianity
shamanism
traditionalBelief animism
traditionalClothingMaterial reindeer hide
traditionalDwelling yaranga
traditionalFoodSource reindeer
salmon
sea mammals
traditionalOccupation coastal hunting
fishing
reindeer herding
sea mammal hunting
traditionalRegion Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Kamchatka Peninsula
Koryak Okrug
traditionalTransport dog sled
reindeer sled
useScript Cyrillic (for Koryak language)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Koryak ethnonym Koryak people
Kamchatka Peninsula hasIndigenousPeople Koryaks
linked to: Koryak people
Chukchi people relatedEthnicGroup Koryak people
Kamchatka Krai hasIndigenousPeople Koryaks
linked to: Koryak people
Itelmens neighboringPeoples Koryaks
linked to: Koryak people
Indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East ethnicGroup Koryaks
linked to: Koryak people
Koryak language ethnicGroup Koryak people
Koryak language languageOf Koryak people
Itelmen relatedEthnicGroup Koryaks
linked to: Koryak people
Koryak people ethnonymInRussian Коряки
linked to: Koryak people
Paleosiberian languages spokenBy Koryak people
Luoravetlan relatedTo Koryak people
Itelmen people neighboringPeoples Koryak people
Koryak Autonomous Okrug namedAfter Koryak people
Koryak Autonomous Okrug ethnicGroup Koryaks
linked to: Koryak people
Ust-Kamchatsky District hasIndigenousPeoples Koryaks
linked to: Koryak people
Bystrinsky Nature Park inhabitedBy Koryak people
Bystrinsky Nature Park hasEthnicGroup Koryaks
linked to: Koryak people