Koryak knife from Kamchatka

gp · 7th September 2022, 10:25 AM

I also was thinking of reindeer ( who actually suffered a similar fate due to climate change in Scandinavia the last decade ) .

Now checking on this people I found the following :

"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."

source : Chaussonnet, Valérie (1995). Crossroads Alaska: Native Cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History. ISBN 978-1-56098-661-4. 7 October 2020.

Ren Ren · 8th September 2022, 10:54 PM

Oh yeah! The hunters and fishermen of the sea coast and the reindeer herders of the interior have different ways of life and speak different dialects (some linguists even consider the Alyutor/Nymylan dialect to be a separate language).

7th September 2022, 10:25 AM	#1
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 830	I also was thinking of reindeer ( who actually suffered a similar fate due to climate change in Scandinavia the last decade ) . Now checking on this people I found the following : "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." source : Chaussonnet, Valérie (1995). Crossroads Alaska: Native Cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History. ISBN 978-1-56098-661-4. 7 October 2020.

8th September 2022, 10:54 PM	#2
Ren Ren Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Russia, Moscow Posts: 379	Oh yeah! The hunters and fishermen of the sea coast and the reindeer herders of the interior have different ways of life and speak different dialects (some linguists even consider the Alyutor/Nymylan dialect to be a separate language).