Central Siberian Yupik language
Central Siberian Yupik is one of four existing Yupik languages. It is also known as Siberian Yupik, Bering Strait Yupik, Yuit, Yoit, "St. Lawrence Island Yupik", and in Russia "Chaplinski Yupik" or Yuk. It is spoken by the Yupik people in Siberia, and in two villages on St. Lawrence Island. It is an endangered language: Of the 1,200 residents of St. Lawrence Islands, fewer than 1,000 speak the language. On the Siberian mainland, about 200 of the 1,200 ethnic Yupik speak the language. The second most common Yupik language in Siberia is Naukan Yupik, with about 70 speakers.
| Central Siberian Yupik | |
|---|---|
| Siberian Yupik Yuit | |
| Юпик | |
| Native to | United States, Russian Federation |
| Region | Bering Strait region, St. Lawrence Island |
| Ethnicity | 2,828 Siberian Yupiks |
Native speakers | 1,000 in United States, 97% of ethnic population (2010)[1] 200 in Russia (2010), 12% of ethnic population[1] |
Eskimo–Aleut
| |
| Dialects | |
| Latin, Cyrillic | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Alaska[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ess (Central Siberian Yupik)[3] |
| Glottolog | cent2128 Central Siberian Yupik |
| ELP | Central Siberian Yupik |
There are two dialects: Chaplino Yupik is mainly spoken on the Chukchi Peninsula, Siberia, and St. Lawrence Island Yupik. The differences between the two dialects are small.
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Yupik, Central Siberian". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ↑ Chappell, Bill (21 April 2014). "Alaska OKs Bill Making Native Languages Official". NPR.
- ↑ "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: ess". ISO 639-3 Registration Authority - SIL International. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
Name: Central Siberian Yupik