Kamchadals

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Kamchadals

Камчадалы
Regions with significant populations
Russia  Kamchatka: 1551 (2010)  Magadan Oblast: 280 (2010)	1,927[1]
Japan	100
Languages
Russian
Religion
Russian Orthodoxy

The Kamchadals (Russian: камчадалы) inhabit Kamchatka, Russia. The name "Kamchadal" was originally applied to the descendants of the local Siberians and aboriginal peoples (the Itelmens, Ainu, Koryaks and Chuvans) who assimilated with the Russians. The descendants of the mixed-blood Russian settlers in 18th-19th century are called Kamchadals these days.^[timeframe?] The Kamchadals speak Russian with a touch of local dialects of the aboriginal languages of Kamchatka. The Kamchadals engage in fur trading, fishing, market gardening and dairy farming, and are of the Russian Orthodox faith.^{[citation needed]} Today, the name 'Kamchadal' may be applied to people who speak, or whose ancestors spoke, one of the Kamchadal languages. This article is about the Kamchadals in the first sense; for the second sense, see Itelmens