Central Alaskan Yup’ik

E4124

Eskimo–Aleut language Indigenous language language

Central Alaskan Yup’ik is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by the Yup’ik people of western and southwestern Alaska.

Aliases (17)

Central Alaskan Yup’ik language ×5
Yupik ×4
Central Alaskan Yupik ×3
Central Alaskan Yup’ik people ×3
General Central Alaskan Yup’ik ×3
Central Alaskan Yupʼik ×2
General Central Yup’ik ×2
Yup’ik people ×2
Central Alaskan Yupʼik language ×1
Central Alaskan Yup’ik communities ×1
Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialect continuum ×1
Central Alaskan Yup’ik language continuum ×1
Central Yup’ik ×1
General Central Yup’ik dialect ×1
Yupik language ×1
Yup’ik ×1
Yup’ik region of Alaska ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eskimo–Aleut language → Indigenous language → language →
ethnicity	Yup’ik →
glottocode	cent2127 →
hasAlternativeName	Central Yup’ik → Yugtun →
hasDialects	Chevak → Egegik → General Central Yup’ik → Hooper Bay → Hooper Bay–Chevak → Kuskokwim → Norton Sound → Nunivak Cup’ig → Nunivak Island →
hasEndangermentStatus	vulnerable →
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts	community-based immersion programs → school-based Yup’ik language classes →
hasLinguisticResearch	dictionaries → grammar descriptions → text collections →
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative → polysynthetic →
hasPhonologicalFeature	consonant length contrast → vowel length contrast →
hasWordOrder	SOV →
ISO639-3Code	esu →
isOfficialLanguageOf	no U.S. state →
languageBranch	Yupik →
languageFamily	Eskimo–Aleut →
region	Bering Sea coast → Bristol Bay region → Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta →
spokenBy	Central Alaskan Yup’ik people → Yup’ik people →
spokenIn	Alaska → United States → southwestern Alaska → western Alaska →
subclassOf	Eskimo–Aleut language → Yupik language →
taughtAt	University of Alaska Anchorage → University of Alaska Fairbanks →
usedFor	ceremonial contexts → subsistence activities terminology → traditional storytelling →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (43)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chevak ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik language") → Egegik → Hooper Bay–Chevak → Nunivak Cup’ig ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik language") →	subdivisionOf
Alutiiq ("Central Alaskan Yupʼik") → Egegik ("General Central Yup’ik") → Nunivak Cup’ig ("General Central Alaskan Yup’ik") →	closelyRelatedTo
Chevak ("General Central Alaskan Yup’ik") → Pacific Gulf Yupik ("Central Alaskan Yupik") →	distinctFrom
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ("General Central Yup’ik") → Yugtun ("General Central Yup’ik dialect") →	hasDialects
Native Americans ("Yupik") → Yupik ("Central Alaskan Yupʼik") →	hasSubgroup
Alutiiq ("Yupik") → Central Alaskan Yup’ik ("Yupik") →	languageBranch
Egegik ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialect continuum") → Hooper Bay–Chevak ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik language continuum") →	partOf
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ("Yup’ik people") → Central Alaskan Yup’ik ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik people") →	spokenBy
Yugtun →	alternateName
Yugtun ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik people") →	associatedWithPeople
Nunivak Island ("Yup’ik region of Alaska") →	culturalRegion
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ("Yup’ik people") →	culturalRegionOf
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta →	ethnicGroup
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ("Yup’ik") →	ethnicity
Nunivak Island ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik people") →	ethnicMajority
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ("Central Yup’ik") →	hasAlternativeName
Nunivak Island ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik language") →	hasLanguage
Chevak →	hasLexicalDifferencesWith
Chevak →	hasMorphologicalDifferencesWith
Chevak →	hasPhonologicalDifferencesWith
Alaska Natives ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik language") →	includesLanguage
Alaska ("Yupik") →	indigenousPeoples
Hooper Bay–Chevak ("General Central Alaskan Yup’ik") →	isDistinctFrom
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik communities") →	knownFor
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ("Central Alaskan Yup’ik language") →	language
Eskimo–Aleut languages ("Central Alaskan Yupik") →	majorLanguage
Nunivak Island →	populationGroup
Alaska →	recognizedIndigenousLanguages
Pacific Gulf Yupik ("Central Alaskan Yupik") →	relatedTo
Hooper Bay–Chevak →	sharesISO639-3CodeWith
Yupik ("Central Alaskan Yupʼik language") →	speaks
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ("Yupik language") →	subclassOf