Koryaks
Koryaks (or Koriak, ) are an indigenous people of the Russian Far East, who live immediately north of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Kamchatka Krai and inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea. The cultural borders of the Koryaks include Tigilsk in the south and the Anadyr basin in the north.

The Koryaks are culturally similar to the Chukchis of extreme northeast Siberia. The Koryak language and Alutor (which is often regarded as a dialect of Koryak), are linguistically close to the Chukchi language. All of these languages are members of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family. They are more distantly related to the Itelmens on the Kamchatka Peninsula. All of these peoples and other, unrelated minorities in and around Kamchatka are known collectively as Kamchadals.

Neighbors of the Koryaks include the Evens to the west, the Alutor to the south (on the isthmus of Kamchatka Peninsula), the Kerek to the east, and the Chukchi to the northeast.

The Koryak are typically split into two groups. The coastal people are called "Nemelan" (or "Nymylan") meaning 'village dwellers', due to their living in villages. Their lifestyle is based on local fishing and marine mammal hunting. The inland Koryak, reindeer herders, are called "Chaucu" (or "Chauchuven"), meaning 'rich in reindeer'. They are more nomadic, following the herds as they graze with the seasons.

According to the 2010 census, there were 7,953 Koryaks in Russia.
None
indigenous people
UNK
Q609176
Russian Far East
LOC
Q993
Kamchatka Peninsula
LOC
Q7948
Kamchatka Krai
LOC
Q44725
Bering Sea
LOC
None
Tigilsk
UNK
Q26390
Anadyr
LOC
Q106991
Chukchis
Concept
Q36199
Koryak language
Concept
Q28213
Alutor
MEDIA
Q33170
Chukchi language
Concept
Q33255
Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Concept
Q25295
language family
Concept
Q1147405
Itelmens
MEDIA
Q1322825
Kamchadals
MEDIA
Q1142851
Evens
MEDIA
Q2679509
Alutor
MEDIA
Q93267
isthmus
Concept
Q993
Kamchatka Peninsula
LOC
Q1190792
Kerek
MEDIA
Q93352
coastal
Concept
Q14373
fishing
Concept
Q128393
nomad
Concept
Q281117
Koryaks
MEDIA
Q281117
Koryaks
MEDIA
Q281117
Koryaks
MEDIA
Q281117
Koryaks
MEDIA
Q281117
Koryaks
MEDIA
2010-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2010
DATE
native language
native language
instance of