The term Chukotko-Kamchatkan peoples is used to describe a people speaking a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language.
Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages are most commonly spoken by people of Chukchi, Koryak, Kerek, Itelmen and Alutor descent. The largest of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan peoples is the Chukchi, numbering 16,000 people. They mostly live in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. Koryaks mostly live in Koryak Autonomous Okrug of Russia.
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