Endangered Languages Project - Naukan Yupik

Naukan Yupik

^{[aka Naukanski, East Cape Yupik, East Cape]}

Classification: Eskimo-Aleut

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Naukanski, East Cape Yupik, East Cape, Науканский язык, нывуӄаӷмит, ナウカン語
CLASSIFICATION		Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Yupik
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ynk
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200
Native speakers worldwide

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A shift to Russian is proceeding rapidly.

PLACES: Russia (Siberia)

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Originally spoken in the village of Naukan on the easternmost point of East Cape (Cape Dezhnev),
Chukchi Autonomous District, Russia, facing the Diomede Islands in Alaska, the community was
forcibly relocated in 1958 to the nearby villages of Lorino and Lavrentiya.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~60
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
300
OLDER ADULTS
60? (all over 40)

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
350

DATE OF INFO: 1990 (Kaplan)

PLACES: Russia;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

66.0166,-169.7166

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press