Yupik, Central

ESU

threatened

Alternate Names: Central Alaskan Yupik

Dialects: Cup’ik, Kuskokwim Yupik (Bethel Yupik). 3 quite distinct dialects.

Genealogy:

Eskimo-Aleut
Eskimo
Yupik
Alaskan Yupik

Demographics: 10,000 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 21,000 (1995 M. Krauss).

Language Use: Still acquired by children in 17 of 68 villages. All ages. Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1956.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: United States