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  • proper noun Chukchi language

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Examples

  • In one way, this was high praise for my Russian speech but from the Russian point of view, Pribaltica was a derogatory comment – I was someone bastardizing their language, one step above Chukcha.

    [one of us] and one who will never be one of us 2009

  • If your documents say you are a Jew, a Tatar, an Armenian, a Chukcha, a Ukrainian, a Kalmyk, a German, a Korean, an Ossetian, etc. then that is what you are.

    Matthew Yglesias » Putin’s Popularity 2007

  • If your documents say you are a Jew, a Tatar, an Armenian, a Chukcha, a Ukrainian, a Kalmyk, a German, a Korean, an Ossetian, etc. then that is what you are.

    Matthew Yglesias » Putin’s Popularity 2007

  • In one way, this was high praise for my Russian speech but from the Russian point of view, Pribaltica was a derogatory comment – I was someone bastardizing their language, one step above Chukcha.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • Seeing the bear, the Chukcha shouts "Run!" and starts running away.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • "Russian hunter bad hunter, however", says the Chukcha, "Now you haul this bear ten miles to the yaranga yourself!"

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • A Chukcha and a Russian geologist go hunting polar bears.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • In the picture, a Chukcha national is feeding his dogs-- he is a caretaker there.

    Real Life in Kamchatka 2006

  • In the picture, a Chukcha national is feeding his dogs-- he is a caretaker there.

    Archive 2006-04-01 2006

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