Yupik

See also: yupik and Yup'ik

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjuːpɪk/

Proper noun

Yupik

A subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages. This is the only language family known to straddle both North America and Asia. It is centered squarely in Alaska and is thought to have migrated across to Siberia a few hundred years ago.

Hyponyms

Alutiiq
Yup'ik
Central Siberian Yupik
Naukanski

Translations

subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages

Finnish: jupikki (fi)

Russian: ю́пик m (júpik), ю́пикский m (júpikskij)

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Pacific Gulf Yupik, ems
Ethnologue entry for Yup'ik, esu
Ethnologue entry for Central Siberian Yupik, ess
Ethnologue entry for Naukan Yupik, ynk
Ethnologue entry for Sirenik Yupik, ysr (extinct)

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