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Classification: Eskimo-Aleut
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Sugpiaq, Pacific Gulf Yupik, Sugpiak, "Eskimo", Chugach "Eskimo", Koniag-Chugach, Suk, Sugcestun, South Alaska "Eskimo", Yupik (Pacific Gulf ), šuk/suk Sugpiaq, "Aleut", アリュティーク語 |
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Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Yupik |
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Information from: “Alaska Native Languages: Population and Speaker Statistics” . Alaska Native Language Center (2014)
Information from: “Alaska Native Languages: Population and Speaker Statistics” . Alaska Native Language Center (2014)
Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
3500
200 (Dorais 2010). Ethnic population: 3,500 (Dorais 2010).
Mainly older adults.
English
Alaska: Prince William Sound area, Tatitlek, Chenega Bay, Cordova, a few in Valdez; Kenai Peninsula southwest coast, Cook Inlet entrance, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Seldovia.
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
Upper part of the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island; on the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound
Two dialects of Pacific Yupik are distinguished, Koniag in the west (on the upper part of the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island) and Chugach in the east (on the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound).
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
3,000 (In 1995)
76 (2000 census). US Census (2000) counts those who use the language in the home. Ethnic population: 3,000 (1995 M. Krauss).
Mainly older speakers
English
Alaska; Prince William Sound area, Tatitlek, Chenega Bay, Cordova, a few in Valdez; Kenai Peninsula southwest coast, Cook Inlet entrance, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Seldovia.