Chevak Cup’ik dialect
E809610
The Chevak Cup’ik dialect is a Central Alaskan Yup’ik variety spoken primarily in and around the community of Chevak, distinguished by unique phonological and lexical features within the Yup’ik language continuum.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Alaskan Yup’ik variety
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Indigenous language variety ⓘ Yup’ik dialect ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup | Chevak Cup’ik people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
General Central Alaskan Yup’ik
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hooper Bay–Chevak Cup’ik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communityAttitude | strong local identity tied to dialect ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalAssociation | Cup’ik culture of Chevak ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
unique lexical features within Yup’ik continuum
ⓘ
unique phonological features within Yup’ik continuum ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chevak Cup’ik
NERFINISHED
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Chevak Cup’ik Yup’ik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | linguistic field notes and community materials ⓘ |
| hasDomainUsage |
sea and river environment terminology
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subsistence activities terminology ⓘ |
| hasEducationUse | local school and bilingual programs in Chevak ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
distinct local place names and kinship terms
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unique vocabulary items not used in other Yup’ik dialects ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
polysynthetic word structure
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rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasNumberDistinction | dual number in nouns and pronouns ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinct consonant inventory compared to General Central Alaskan Yup’ik
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distinct vowel patterns compared to General Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ |
| hasPronounSystem | distinction between singular, dual, and plural ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort | community-based language preservation projects ⓘ |
| intergenerationalTransmission | declining but present in community ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Eskimo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Eskimo–Aleut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubbranch | Yupik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yup’ik language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Alaskan coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptVariant | Yup’ik orthography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chevak, Alaska
NERFINISHED
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Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Cup’ik varieties ⓘ |
| syntax | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | language shift to English ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
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predominantly suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| usedBy | Chevak Cup’ik people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial and cultural practices
ⓘ
daily communication in Chevak community ⓘ traditional stories and oral narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
|
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