The Proceedings of the International Abashiri Symposium
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The Proceedings of the 33th International Abashiri Symposium Tradition and Culture of North Pacific Rim Area 3 Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands
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Indigenous Place Names of Northern Kamchatka
*Yukari NAGAYAMA
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Pages 033-035

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Northern Kamchatka and Chukotka Peninsula are inhabited by Chukchi-Kamchatkan people. Many of place names in this area recorded in Russian maps often have Chukchi-Kamchatkan language origin. In some cases, it is easy to reconstruct its original place names, while there are many cases that are difficult to reconstruct. Koryak and Alutor place names are never investigated yet. In this presentation I introduced some examples of Alutor place names in the area around Anapka village, showed how Russian place names differ from its original Alutor place names, and also showed that most of Alutor place names are related with their subsistence activities. Finally, for future prospective, I showed a possibility to reconstruct of the historical distribution of Chukchi-Kamchatkan people on the basis of the phonetic difference between Chukchi, Koryak, and Alutor languages.
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