Yupik

E77504

Arctic people Ethnic group Indigenous people

The Yupik are Indigenous peoples of Alaska and Siberia known for their distinct Eskimo–Aleut languages, subsistence hunting and fishing traditions, and rich Arctic cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Yupik canonical	37
Yup'ik	18
Yup’ik	13
Yupik languages	9
Nunivak Central Yup’ik	2
Siberian Yupik	2
Siberian Yupik language	2
Inupiat	1
Proto-Yupik	1
Yup'ik language continuum	1
Yupik (in the region)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic people ⓘ Ethnic group ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalArea	Arctic region ⓘ surface form: Arctic Subarctic ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Drumming and dancing ⓘ Mask making ⓘ Oral storytelling traditions ⓘ Skin boat construction ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Alaska ⓘ Siberia ⓘ
etymology	Name derives from Yupʼik words meaning “real person” ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Alutiiq ⓘ Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ surface form: Central Alaskan Yupʼik Cup’ig ⓘ surface form: Cupig Chevak ⓘ surface form: Cupʼik Naukan Yupik ⓘ Central Siberian Yupik ⓘ surface form: Siberian Yupik Sugpiaq ⓘ
languageFamily	Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
partOf	Inuit ⓘ surface form: Eskimo peoples Alaska Natives ⓘ surface form: Eskimo–Aleut peoples
recognizedAs	Alaska Natives ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of Alaska Indigenous peoples of the Arctic ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Russian North
relatedEthnicGroup	Aleut ⓘ Inuit ⓘ Inuit ⓘ surface form: Inupiat
religion	Christianity ⓘ Traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
selfDesignation	Yupiit ⓘ
speaks	Alutiiq ⓘ surface form: Alutiiq language Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ surface form: Central Alaskan Yupʼik language Naukan Yupik language ⓘ Yupik self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siberian Yupik language Yupik self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yupik languages
traditionalEconomy	Subsistence economy ⓘ
traditionalHousing	Semi-subterranean sod houses ⓘ Snow houses ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Chukchi Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Chukotka Peninsula Russia Far East ⓘ surface form: Russian Far East Southcentral Alaska ⓘ southwestern Alaska ⓘ surface form: Western Alaska
traditionalSubsistence	Fishing ⓘ Gathering wild plants ⓘ Hunting ⓘ Marine mammal hunting ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ surface form: Cyrillic alphabet Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (87)

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

Inuit → relatedEthnicGroup → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inupiat

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug → hasIndigenousPeople → Yupik ⓘ

Eskimo–Aleut languages → hasSubfamily → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik languages

Eskimo–Aleut languages → ethnicGroup → Yupik ⓘ

Nunivak Cup’ig → languageBranch → Yupik ⓘ

southwestern Alaska → indigenousPeople → Yupik ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern Alaska

Yugtun → alternateName → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup’ik

Yugtun → subfamily → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik languages

Hooper Bay–Chevak → languageBranch → Yupik ⓘ

Hooper Bay–Chevak → hasAncestor → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Yupik

Yukon River → indigenousPeoplesAssociated → Yupik ⓘ

Egegik → languageBranch → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik languages

Egegik → closelyRelatedTo → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nunivak Central Yup’ik

Nunivak Island → hasLanguage → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nunivak Central Yup’ik

Nunivak Island → hasIndigenousPeople → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup’ik

Chevak → languageBranch → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik languages

Sugpiaq people → languageBranch → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik languages

Sugpiaq → relatedEthnicGroup → Yupik ⓘ

Pacific Gulf Yupik → ethnicity → Yupik ⓘ

Naukan Yupik → partOf → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siberian Yupik

Naukan Yupik → languageBranch → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik languages

St. Lawrence Island → hasIndigenousLanguage → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siberian Yupik language

St. Lawrence Island → hasIndigenousPeople → Yupik ⓘ

Alaska Natives → hasSubgroup → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup’ik

Unangan → relatedEthnicGroup → Yupik ⓘ

Unangas → relatedEthnicGroup → Yupik ⓘ

Yupik → speaks → Yupik self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik languages

Yupik → speaks → Yupik self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siberian Yupik language

Inuit Circumpolar Council → represents → Yupik ⓘ

Chukchi → relatedEthnicGroup → Yupik ⓘ

Chukchi Peninsula → languageRegion → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik languages

Provideniya → minorityLanguage → Yupik ⓘ

Anadyr → localIndigenousPeoples → Yupik ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic → includeEthnicGroup → Yupik ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic → languageFamily → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik languages

Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic → notableGroup → Yupik ⓘ

Pevek → localIndigenousPeople → Yupik ⓘ

Dillingham → languageUsed → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik (in the region)

Nome Census Area → hasIndigenousPeoples → Yupik ⓘ

Bethel → primaryIndigenousGroup → Yupik ⓘ

subject surface form: Bethel, Alaska

this entity surface form: Yup’ik

Seward Peninsula → hasPrimaryEthnicGroups → Yupik ⓘ

Togiak, Alaska → indigenousPeople → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik

Togiak, Alaska → hasIndigenousNameLanguage → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik

Quinhagak, Alaska → indigenousPeople → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup’ik

Quinhagak, Alaska → populationMajorityPeople → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup’ik

Hooper Bay, Alaska → hasTraditionalNameLanguage → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik

Hooper Bay–Chevak dialect → subdivisionOf → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik language continuum

Toksook Bay, Alaska → ethnicComposition → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup’ik

Toksook Bay, Alaska → indigenousNameLanguage → Yupik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup’ik