Naukan Yupik language
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| Naukan Yupik | |
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| Spoken in | Russian Federation |
| Region | Bering Strait region |
| Native speakers | approximately 70 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Eskimo–Aleut
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| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ynk |
Naukan Yupik language[1] or Naukan Siberian Yupik language is an Eskimo language spoken by ca. 70 persons (нывуӄаӷмит) on Chukotka peninsula. It is one of the four Yupik languages, alongside with Central Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik and Pacific Gulf Yupik.
Linguistically, it is intermediate between Central Siberian Yupik and Central Alaskan Yup'ik.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Jacobson 2005
[edit] References
- Jacobson, Steven A. (2005), "History of the Naukan Yupik Eskimo dictionary with implications for a future Siberian Yupik dictionary", Études/Inuit/Studies 29 (1–2), http://www.erudit.org/revue/etudinuit/2005/v29/n1-2/013937ar.pdf
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