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Yupik (Alutiiq, Sugpiaq, Cup'ik, Chugach Eskimo)



Yupik is an Eskimo-Yupik language spoken by 12,000 people in Western Alaska and islands off the coast of Siberia. There are several different varieties of Yupik forming what is known as a dialect chain -- each Yupik language may be understandable to speakers of a neighboring one, but not to Yupik people living farther away. Alutiiq or Sugpiag Yupik, spoken in Southern Alaska and Kodiak Island, is particularly distinct and is considered a separate language by many linguists. Though many Alutiiq people call themselves "Aleuts," their language is significantly different from the Aleut language of the Yupikian Islands to the south of them.



˜Yupik Language
Yupik language samples and resources.

˜Yupik Culture and History
Information and links about the Yupik tribe past and present.

˜Yupik Legends
Introduction to Yupik mythology.



˜Yupik Language Resources

Our Online Yupik Materials

Yupik Vocabulary
     List of vocabulary words in the Yupik language.

Yupik Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

Yupik Language:
    Pronunciation guide, Cupik texts, and a bilingual storybook.
Comparative Yupik and Inuit:
    Essay describing the Inuit and Yupik languages, with a linguistic map.
Alaskan Orthodox Texts:
    Orthodox Christian prayers and religious passages in Tlingit, Aleut, Alutiiq, and Central Yupik.
Yupik Alphabet:
    Comparison of Yupik orthographies using Cyrillic and Latin script.
Yupik Languages
     Overview of Yup'ik including phonology and geographic distribution.
Alaska Native Languages: Alutiiq * Alaska Native Languages: Central Yup'ik * Alaska Native Languages: Siberian Yup'ik:
     Profiles of the Yupik languages.
Inupiaq Place Names:
    Placenames in Inupiaq and Yupik, with a language map.
Central Yupik * Alutiiq/Sugpiaq * Siberian Yupik * Naukan Yupik * Sirenik Yupik:
     Demographic information about the Yupik languages from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Yupik Dictionaries, Audio Tapes and Language Resources

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary
     Yupik/Inuit/Aleut dictionary for sale.
A dictionary of St. Lawrence Island/Siberian Yupik
     Yupik dictionary for sale online.
Practical Grammar of the Siberian Yupik Eskimo Language
     Yupik linguistics book for sale.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Yupik:
Encyclopedia articles on the Yupik language.
Lengua Yupik:
Information on the Yupik language in Spanish.
Yupiks:
Yupik links.



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