Central Alaskan Yup'ik
[aka Yugcestun, Yugtun, Yupik]Classification: Eskimo-Aleut
·threatened
- DATE OF INFO
- 2007
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- PLACES
- USA, Alaska
Language metadata
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Yugcestun, Yugtun, Yupik, Yup'ik, 中央アラスカ・ユピック語 |
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Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Yupik |
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ISO 639-3 |
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esu |
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Language information by source
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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: “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
- More on Orthography
The apostrophe is used to indicate exceptions to pronunciation rules. For example, the apostrophe in the word Yup'ik indicates that the preceding consonant is geminated (lengthened) even though it precedes a light syllable.
- PLACES
- USA, Alaska; Canada
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
- DATE OF INFO
- 2000
- MORE ON VITALITY
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Still acquired by children in 17 of 68 villages. All ages
- PLACES
- USA, Alaska
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Alaska, Delta area, Nunivak Island, Unalakleet to Bristol Bay coast to Unalakleet on Norton Sound; inland along Nushagak, Kuskokwim, and Yukon rivers. Cup’ik used in Chevak, Alaska.
Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO
- PLACES
- USA, Alaska
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
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Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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10,000
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25,000
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10,000 (Dorais 2010), ethnic population 25,000 (Dorais 2010).
- DATE OF INFO
- 2010
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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Still acquired by children in 17 of 68 villages. All ages
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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English
- PLACES
- USA: Alaska
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Alaska: Delta area, Nunivak Island, Unalakleet to Bristol Bay coast to Unalakleet on Norton Sound; inland along Kuskokwim, Nushagak, and Yukon rivers; Chevak (Cup’ik dialect).