Hooper Bay–Chevak

E32503
Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialect dialect

Hooper Bay–Chevak is a distinct dialect of the Central Alaskan Yup’ik language spoken primarily in the Hooper Bay and Chevak communities of western Alaska.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Hooper Bay 2
Hooper Bay Yup’ik 1
Hooper Bay–Chevak Central Yup’ik 1
Hooper Bay–Chevak Cup’ik 1
Hooper Bay–Chevak Yup’ik 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicGroup Alaska Natives ⓘ
surface form: Yup’ik people
hasAlternativeName Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ
surface form: Hooper Bay–Chevak Central Yup’ik

Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ
surface form: Hooper Bay–Chevak Yup’ik
hasAncestor Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Eskimo

Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Eskimo–Aleut

Yupik ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Yupik
hasDomain home and community domains ⓘ
hasFeature lexical differences from other Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialects ⓘ
morphological differences from other Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialects ⓘ
phonological differences from other Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialects ⓘ
hasGlottocode hoop1234 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code esu ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct consonant realizations compared to other Central Yup’ik dialects ⓘ
vowel quality differences compared to other Central Yup’ik dialects ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEfforts community language initiatives ⓘ
local school-based programs ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus community heritage language ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Cup’ik of Chevak (orthographic tradition) ⓘ
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
surface form: General Central Alaskan Yup’ik

Nunivak Cup’ig ⓘ
languageBranch Yupik ⓘ
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
partOf Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
surface form: Central Alaskan Yup’ik language continuum
region Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ
scriptVariant Yugtun ⓘ
surface form: Yup’ik Latin orthography
sharesISO639-3CodeWith Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
spokenIn Alaska ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

southwestern Alaska ⓘ
surface form: western Alaska
spokenInCommunity Chevak ⓘ
Hooper Bay–Chevak self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hooper Bay
subdivisionOf Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
usedFor cultural practices ⓘ
daily communication in Hooper Bay and Chevak communities ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chevak → closelyRelatedTo → Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooper Bay Yup’ik
Nunivak Cup’ig → closelyRelatedTo → Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooper Bay–Chevak Cup’ik
Hooper Bay–Chevak → hasAlternativeName → Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooper Bay–Chevak Yup’ik
Hooper Bay–Chevak → hasAlternativeName → Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooper Bay–Chevak Central Yup’ik
Central Alaskan Yup’ik → hasDialects → Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ
Central Alaskan Yup’ik → hasDialects → Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooper Bay
Hooper Bay–Chevak → spokenInCommunity → Hooper Bay–Chevak self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooper Bay