Alternate Names: Bering Strait Yupik, “St. Lawrence Island Eskimo” (pej.)
Dialects: Chaplino. Chaplino and Naukan have 60%–70% mutual intelligibility.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,400 in United States (Golla 2007). 2000 census counts those who use the language in the home. Population total all countries: 1,910.
Language Use: Almost all adults speak the language. Decreasing number of children acquire it as L1. All ages. Also use English [eng].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1974–2007.
Writing System: Cyrillic, Latin
Nation of Origin: United States