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Also Known As:
Yugcestun, Yugtun, Yupik, Yup'ik, 中央アラスカ・ユピック語
Dialects & Varieties
- General Central Alaskan Yup'ik
- Cup'ik (Chevak / Hooper Bay)
- Cup'ig (Nunivak)
Recent Resources
Language in Society
Language in the Community
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Alaska Native Languages Population and Speaker Statistics. http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/stat (accessed 1-8-2015).
Bibliography of Locations:
Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.
Bibliography of Context:
Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.