Chevak

E32653
Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialect dialect

Chevak is a distinct dialect of the Central Alaskan Yup’ik language spoken primarily in the village of Chevak in western Alaska.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Cupʼik 2

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Alaska Native Language Center ⓘ
Lower Yukon School District ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ
surface form: Hooper Bay Yup’ik
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ
distinctFrom Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
surface form: General Central Alaskan Yup’ik
endangermentStatus threatened ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cup’ig people ⓘ
surface form: Cup’ik people
glottologCode cent2128 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Chevak Yup’ik ⓘ
Nunivak Cupik ⓘ
surface form: Cup’ik
hasAncestor Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Eskimo–Aleut

Proto-Yupik ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts true ⓘ
hasLexicalDifferencesWith Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
hasMorphologicalDifferencesWith Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers small community population ⓘ
hasPhonologicalDifferencesWith Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity Chevak village residents ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
iso639-3Code esk ⓘ
languageBranch Yupik ⓘ
surface form: Yupik languages
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
primaryUse cultural practices ⓘ
daily communication in Chevak community ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
region Alaska ⓘ
spokenIn Chevak, Alaska ⓘ
western Alaska ⓘ
subdivisionOf Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
surface form: Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
usedInEducation bilingual programs in Chevak ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

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

Yupik → hasSubgroup → Chevak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cupʼik
subject surface form: Southwestern Alaska
this entity surface form: Cupʼik