The Chukchi, or Chukchee, are an indigenous people inhabiting the Chukchi Peninsula, the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean within the Russian Federation. They speak the Chukchi language. The Chukchi originated from the people living around the Okhotsk Sea.

What language do Chukchi people speak?

Chukchi /ˈtʃʊktʃiː/, also known as Chukot, is a Chukotko–Kamchatkan language spoken by the Chukchi people in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

Are the Chukchi Inuit?

The Inuit culture in Nunavut is linguistically related to the Lower Kolyma Chukchi, but that region is also home to the Yukaghir, Even and other indigenous peoples.