Cup’ik language
E808035
The Cup’ik language is a Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo–Aleut language spoken primarily by the Cup’ik people of western Alaska, especially in and around the community of Chevak.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Alaskan Yupik language
ⓘ
Eskimo–Aleut language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| autonym | Cup’igtaq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Central Alaskan Yup’ik language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
marker of Cup’ik identity
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vehicle of oral tradition ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | Central Alaskan Yup’ik language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Cup’ik people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chevak Cup’ik
NERFINISHED
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Hooper Bay–Chevak Cup’ik (in some classifications) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse | bilingual education in Chevak ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
derivational suffix chains
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ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ extensive case system ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | esu (macrolanguage Central Yupik) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticType |
agglutinative language
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polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
rich verbal morphology
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suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
geminate consonants
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uvular consonants ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant word order ⓘ |
| isVarietyOf | Central Yupik macrolanguage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily |
Eskimo–Aleut languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yupik languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCommunity | Chevak, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Kusilvak Census Area
NERFINISHED
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Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort | community-based language programs in Chevak ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alaska
NERFINISHED
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Chevak, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
western Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Central Alaskan Yupik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Chevak School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Cup’ik community members in Chevak
ⓘ
Cup’ik elders ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural ceremonies
ⓘ
subsistence knowledge transmission ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ |
| usesOrthography | Roman alphabet ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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