抄録
The reindeer-herding Koryak in the Severo-Evensk district, Magadan region, Russia, have developed a very rich classification nomenclature for domestic reindeer according to age, sex, forms of ear cutting, color, and fur coat. Further, they assign specific names to each draft reindeer trained for drawing sledges.
This paper aims to conduct a linguistic anthropological analysis of the Koryak classification nomenclature and to investigate the principle on which it is based. This investigation will enable us not only to clarify the relationship between Koryak reindeer herders and their domestic reindeer but also to conduct a comparative study between the Koryak and other neighboring indigenous peoples with regard to the history of the adoption of reindeer herding in Siberia.
