Naukan Yupik
[également appelé Naukanski, East Cape Yupik, East Cape]Classification : Eskimo-Aleut
·en danger
- MORE ON VITALITY
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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.