How is Aliutor related to Koryak?

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Paleo-Siberian languages Distribution of Paleo-Siberian languages.

Aliutor and Koryak are both members of the Luorawetlan language family, a group of languages spoken in northeastern Siberia that also includes Chukchi, Itelmen, and Kerek.12

Within this linguistic classification, Aliutor is closely related to Koryak; in fact, it is often categorized by linguists as a dialect of Koryak.2