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The Yupik languages (/ ˈ juː p ɪ k / [1]) are a family of languages spoken by the Yupik peoples of western and south-central Alaska and Chukotka.The Yupik languages differ enough from one another that they are not mutually intelligible, although speakers of one of the languages may understand the general idea of a conversation of speakers of another of the languages.
Yup'ik is typically considered to have five dialects: Norton Sound, General Central Yup'ik, Nunivak, Hooper Bay-Chevak, and the extinct Egegik dialect. [ 8 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] All extant dialects of the language are mutually intelligible , albeit with phonological and lexical differences that sometimes cause difficulty in cross-dialectal comprehension.
Central Siberian Yupik [4] [5] (also known as Siberian Yupik, Bering Strait Yupik [citation needed], Yuit [citation needed], Yoit [citation needed], "St. Lawrence Island Yupik", [6] [7] and in Russia "Chaplinski Yupik" or Yuk [citation needed]) is an endangered Yupik language spoken by the Indigenous Siberian Yupik people along the coast of Chukotka in the Russian Far East and in the villages ...
The Yupik (/ ˈ j uː p ɪ k /; Russian: Юпикские народы) are a group of Indigenous or Aboriginal peoples of western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and the Russian Far East. They are related to the Inuit and Iñupiat .
Yup'ik tribes constantly raided each other and destroyed villages, These wars ultimately ended in the 1830s and 1840s with the establishment of Russian colonialism. [11] Before a Russian colonial presence emerged in the area, the Aleut and Yupik spent most of their time sea-hunting animals such as seals, walruses, and sea lions.
Frame of traditional Yupik skin boat above the west beach of Gambell, Alaska. Mask in Musée du Quai Branly. Siberian Yupiks, or Yuits (Russian: Юиты), are a Yupik people who reside along the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula in the far northeast of the Russian Federation and on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska.
The Yupik — Circumpolar peoples, native to Alaska (U.S.) & Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Far Eastern Russia Subcategories. This category has the following 5 ...
The Naukan Yupik language is a Yupik language, belonging to the Eskimo–Aleut languages. [1] Many Naukan people now speak the Chukchi language. Culture.