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Classification: Eskimo-Aleut
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St. Lawrence Island Yupik, Bering Strait Yupik, чаплинский язык, Yoit, Yuk, Yuit, Siberian Yupik, Asiatic Yupik, Chaplinsk, シベリア・ユピック語 |
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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
2,300
Central Siberian Yupik is spoken in Alaska in 2 villages on St. Lawrence Island, Gambell and Savoonga. Almost the entire adult population (1200 on the island, about 200 more in Nome and Anchorage) speaks the language, although a decreasing number of children acquire it as their first language. The St. Lawrence Island dialect is nearly identical to the Yupik spoken on the Chukotka Peninsula on the Russian side of the Bering Strait, largely concentrated in the villages of Novoye Chaplino, Sireniki, Provideniya, and Uel’kal’. There are about 300 Russian speakers of Central Siberian Yupik in a population of about 900, none under 30.
Central Siberian Yupik is spoken in Alaska in 2 villages on St. Lawrence Island, Gambell and Savoonga. Almost the entire adult population (1,200 on the island, about 200 more in Nome and Anchorage) speaks the language, although a decreasing number of children acquire it as their first language. The St. Lawrence Island dialect is nearly identical to the Yupik spoken on the Chukotka Peninsula on the Russian side of the Bering Strait, largely concentrated in the villages of Novoye Chaplino, Sireniki, Rovideniya, and Uel’kal’. There are about 300 Russian speakers of Central Siberian Yupik in a population of about 900, none under 30.
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska; Chukotka Peninsula, Russia
In two villages on St. Lawrence Island, Gambell and Savoonga, others Nome and Anchorage. Chukotka Peninsula on the Russian side of the Bering Strait, in the villages of Novoye Chaplino, Sireniki, Provideniya, and Uel’kal’.
Information from: “The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire” . Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits ·
"By today a great number of the ethnic Eskimo have been assimilated either by Russians or the Chukchi, culturally as well as linguistically."
Russian
Chukchi
Original writing system obsolete
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
830 in United States (2000 census). US Census (2000) counts those who use the language in the home. Ethnic population: 1050 in USA (Krauss 1995). 300 in Russian Federation (A. Kibrik 1991).
USA: Alaska, St. Lawrence Island, Gambell and Savonga villages. Russia: Chukchi National Okrug, Bering Sea coast, Wrangel Island; Providenie region, Chaplino, Novo-Chaplino and Providenie villages.
Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO
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
2600
US: 1,000 (Dorais 2010), ethnic population 1400 (Dorais 2010).
Russian Federation: 200 (Dorais 2010), ethnic population 1200 (Dorais 2010).
USA: Almost all adults speak the language. Decreasing number of children acquire it as L1.
Russia: Speakers 30 years and older.
USA: Alaska: Gambell, Savoonga on Saint Lawrence Island.
Russia: Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Bering Sea coast, Wrangel island; Providenie region, Chaplino, Novoe Chaplino, Provideniya, and Sireniki villages.
Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2007) Routledge
Alaska and the Chukotka Peninsula in Russia