Central Siberian Yupik language

Central Siberian Yupik
Siberian Yupik
Yuit
Yupigestun, Akuzipigestun, Юпик
Native toUnited States, Russia
RegionChukchi Peninsula (Chukotka, Russia), Bering Strait region, St. Lawrence Island
Ethnicity2,828 Siberian Yupiks
Native speakers
• 400-750 in United States[1]
• 172-1,200 in Russia (with Chaplino dialect)[2] (2021)
Eskaleut
Early forms
Dialects
Latin, Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3ess (Central Siberian Yupik)[4]
Glottologcent2128  Central Siberian Yupik
ELPCentral Siberian Yupik
Central Siberian Yupik is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Central Siberian Yupik,[4][5] (also known as Siberian Yupik, Bering Strait Yupik[citation needed], Yuit[citation needed], Yoit[citation needed], "St. Lawrence Island Yupik",[6][7] and in Russia "Chaplinski Yupik" or Yuk[citation needed]) is an endangered Yupik language spoken by the Indigenous Siberian Yupik people along the coast of Chukotka in the Russian Far East and in the villages of Savoonga and Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. The language is part of the Eskimo-Aleut language family.

In the United States, the Alaska Native Language Center identified about 400-750 Yupigestun speakers, considering “dormant speakers” who understand but cannot converse.[1] In Russia in 2021, 172 people indicated that they speak the language, while only 92 of them use it in everyday life.[2] Thus, the total number of speakers is no more than 550-900 people.

  1. ^ a b "Alaska Native Language Preservation & Advisory Council". Archived from the original on 31 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Владение языками и использование языков населением" [Language proficiency and language use by the population] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 March 2023.
  3. ^ Chappell, Bill (21 April 2014). "Alaska OKs Bill Making Native Languages Official". NPR.
  4. ^ a b "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: ess". ISO 639-3 Registration Authority - SIL International. Retrieved 2017-07-08. Name: Central Siberian Yupik
  5. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Central Siberian Yupik". Glottolog 4.3.
  6. ^ "Yupik, St. Lawrence Island". Ethnologue (25 ed.). 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  7. ^ "Supplementary Table 1. Native North American Languages and Residence in American Indian or Alaska Native Areas for the Population 5 Years and Over in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2006-2010" (xls). Census.gov. St Lawrence Island Yupik