LUORAWETLAN

Meaning of LUORAWETLAN in English

ləˌwȯrəˈwetlən noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

: a language family of the extreme northeast of Asia comprising Chukchi, Koryak, and Kamchadal — see paleosiberian

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LUORAWETLAN LANGUAGES — also spelled Luoravetlan, family of languages including Chukchi, Koryak, Itelmen, Aliutor, and Kerek, spoken in northeastern Siberia. The Luorawetlan language …
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PALEO -SIBERIAN LANGUAGES — or Paleo-Asiatic languages Group of four unrelated language families spoken in northeastern Asia. Believed to have covered much larger areas …
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PALEOSIBERIAN — I. |pālēō, |palēō+ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: pali- + siberian : paleo-asiatic II. noun Usage: usually capitalized : a …
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KORYAK — noun or kor·iak ˈkȯ(ə)rˌyak ( plural koryak or koryaks or koriak or koriaks ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : …
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KAMCHADAL — noun also kam·cha·dale |kämchə|däl ; or kamcha·dele -del, -dē(ə)l ( plural kamchadal or kamchadals ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Russian …
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CHUKCHI — noun or chuk·chee also chook·chie ˈchu̇kˌchē ( plural chukchi or chukchis or chukchee or chukchees also chookchie or chookchies ) …
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LUORAVETLAN — /looh awr'euh vet"leuhn, lwawr'-/ , n. Chukotian. Also, Luorawetlan /looh awr'euh wet"leuhn, lwawr'-/ . [ lajoravetlen a self-designation, said to …
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YENISEIAN LANGUAGES — also spelled Yeniseyan, formerly called Yenisey-ostyak Languages, small group of languages grouped with Yukaghir, Nivkh, and the Luorawetlan languages as …
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PALEO-SIBERIAN LANGUAGES — also spelled Paleosiberian, also called Paleo-Asiatic, or Hyperborean, languages spoken in Asian Russia (Siberia) that belong to four genetically unrelated …
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NIVKH LANGUAGE — formerly called Gilyak Language, isolated language with two main dialects spoken by some 400 Nivkh, roughly 10 percent of the …
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KORYAK — indigenous people of the Russian Far East, numbering about 7,900 in the late 20th century and living mostly in the …
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ITELMEN — also called Kamchadal, people of the southern Kamchatka Peninsula, far eastern Russia, numbering about 2,500 in the late 20th century. …
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CHUKCHI — also spelled Chukchee, also called Luorawetlan, people inhabiting the northeasternmost part of Siberia, the Chukchi autonomous okrug (district) in Russia. …
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PALEO -SIBERIAN LANGUAGES — or Paleo-Asiatic languages Group of four unrelated language families spoken in northeastern Asia. Believed to have covered much larger areas …
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LANGUAGE — Synonyms and related words : Abnaki, Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Afro-Asiatic, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Anatolic, …
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