Total population | |
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~35,567 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United States Alaska | 33,889 22,000[1] |
Russia Chukotka | ~1,700 |
Languages | |
English (Alaska) • Russian (in Siberia) • Yupik languages | |
Religion | |
Christianity (mostly Eastern Orthodox and Moravian), Shamanism, Atheism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Aleut, Chukchi, Inuit, Iñupiat, Sirenik |
The Yupik (/ˈjuːpɪk/; Russian: Юпикские народы) are a group of Indigenous or Aboriginal peoples of western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and the Russian Far East. They are related to the Inuit and Iñupiat. Yupik peoples include the following: