| Chukotko-Kamchatko-Amuric | |
| Acceptance: | hypothetical |
| Region: | Northeast Asia |
| Familycolor: | paleosiberian |
| Family: | Proposed language family |
| Child1: | Nivkh |
| Child2: | Chukotko-Kamchatkan |
| Map: | Chukotko-Kamchatkan and nivkh.png |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Glotto: | none |
The Chukotko-Kamchatko-Amuric or Chukotko-Kamchatkan-Amuric languages form a hypothetical language family including Nivkh and Chukotko-Kamchatkan. A relationship between these two language groups was proposed by Michael Fortescue in a 2011 paper. He theorized that their common ancestor might have been spoken around 4000 years ago.[1] However Glottolog says that the evidence is insufficient to conclude a genealogical relationship between Nivkh and Chukotko-Kamchatkan.[2]
Proposed sound correspondences
| p, t, c, k, q | p’, t’, c’, k’, q’ | |
| p’, t’, c’, k’, q’ | v, r/z, γ, R | |
| m, n, n, ŋ | m, n, n’, ŋ | |
| w, j | w, j | |
| ə | æ |
Proposed Nivkh-Chukotko-Kamchatkan cognates[3]
| aui 'mouth' | æw 'get a hole' | |
| kama 'run' | kame 'move around' | |
| juty 'pour' | jit 'drip' | |
| poju 'smoke' (verb) | pujæ 'cook on hot stones in pit' | |
| t'am 'stay calm' | təmɣə 'stay still, calm' | |
| uige 'no' | ujŋæ 'no' |
Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Nivkh have dual/plural distinction, however it has been lost in Chukchi.
Chukotko-Kamchatkan also has a "singulative" ending, and traces of a singulative ending in Nivkh might be seen.