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Central Alaskan Yupik Language




  nativename Yup'ik, Cup'ik
  states United States
  region western and southwestern Alaska
  speakers approximately 10,000
  iso2 ypk
  iso3 esu
  familycolor Eskimo-Aleut
  script Latin


Central Alaskan Yup'ik (also called '''Yupik''', '''Yup'ik''', or '''Central Yup'ik''') is a Yupik Language of the Eskimo-Aleut language group spoken in western and southwestern Alaska. Both in ethnic population and in number of speakers, Central Alaskan Yup'ik is the largest of the languages spoken by Alaska Natives . About 10,000 of the about 21,000 Central Yup'ik population speaks the language. Yup'ik is the first language for children in about 17 of the 68 Yup'ik villages.

Central Alaskan Yup'ik has five major dialects:
  • General Central Yup'ik

  • Norton Sound Yup'ik

  • Hooper Bay-Chevak Cup'ik

  • Nunivak Cup'ik

  • Egegik Yup'ik



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