Yupik

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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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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

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Chevak Yup’ik endonym Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup’ik
Crooked Creek, Alaska predominantEthnicGroup Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Crooked Creek, Alaska primaryLanguageCommunity Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Egegik languageHeritage Yupik
Napaskiak, Alaska majorityEthnicGroup Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Napaskiak, Alaska traditionalLanguage Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Tuluksak, Alaska populationMajorityEthnicity Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Tuluksak, Alaska hasTraditionalLanguage Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Lower Kalskag, Alaska predominantEthnicGroup Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Upper Kalskag, Alaska predominantIndigenousGroup Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Gulf Yupik subclassOf Yupik
Central Siberian Yupik relatedEthnicGroup Yupik
this entity surface form: Siberian Yupik
Calista Corporation languageOfName Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup’ik
Yup’ik people ethnonym Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup’ik
White Mountain, Alaska ethnicGroup Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Pilot Station, Alaska indigenousPeople Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Pilot Station, Alaska languageUsed Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
New Stuyahok, Alaska predominantEthnicGroup Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Koliganek, Alaska indigenousPeople Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Ekwok, Alaska ethnicGroup Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Levelock, Alaska indigenousPeoples Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup'ik
Igiugig, Alaska predominantPeople Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup’ik
Igiugig, Alaska traditionalLanguages Yupik
this entity surface form: Yup’ik