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The Alyutors (; self designation: Алутальу, or Alutal'u; Alyutor: нэмэлу, nəməlʔu;) are an ethnic group (formerly classified as a subgroup of Koryaks) who live on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East. Today most of them live in Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group
Alyutors
Ethnic group.population
96 (2021 census) Approximately 2000-3000 people.
Ethnic group.pop1
88 (2021 census)
Ethnic group.languages
Russian, Alyutor
Ethnic group.religions
Shamanism
Ethnic group.related c
other Chukotko-Kamchatkan peoples
Ethnic group.native_name
Нэмэлу nəməlʔu

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The Alyutors (; self designation: Алутальу, or Alutal'u; Alyutor: нэмэлу, nəməlʔu;) are an ethnic group (formerly classified as a subgroup of Koryaks) who live on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East. Today most of them live in Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai.

The name also occurs as Olyutors or Olutors, as well as Olyutorka, a settlement where many of the Alyutor people formerly lived.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alyutors” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.