Cup’ig dialect
E148361
The Cup’ig dialect is a Central Alaskan Yupik variety traditionally spoken by the Cup’ig people of Nunivak Island in Alaska.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cup’ig dialect canonical | 1 |
| Cup’ig language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1298427 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cup’ig dialect Context triple: [Nunivak Cup’ig, hasAlternativeName, Cup’ig dialect]
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A.
Doabi dialect
The Doabi dialect is a regional variety of Punjabi traditionally spoken in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab, between the Beas and Sutlej rivers.
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B.
Salyr dialect
The Salyr dialect is a regional variety of the Turkmen language traditionally associated with the Salyr Turkmen tribe.
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C.
Ersari dialect
The Ersari dialect is a regional variety of the Turkmen language traditionally spoken by the Ersari Turkmen people, primarily in parts of Turkmenistan and neighboring regions.
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D.
Nohurli dialect
The Nohurli dialect is a regional variety of Turkmen spoken by the Nohur people in parts of Turkmenistan, distinguished by its unique phonetic and lexical features.
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E.
Majhi dialect
The Majhi dialect is a central variety of Punjabi regarded as the prestige form of the language and commonly used as its standard in media and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cup’ig dialect Target entity description: The Cup’ig dialect is a Central Alaskan Yupik variety traditionally spoken by the Cup’ig people of Nunivak Island in Alaska.
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A.
Doabi dialect
The Doabi dialect is a regional variety of Punjabi traditionally spoken in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab, between the Beas and Sutlej rivers.
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B.
Salyr dialect
The Salyr dialect is a regional variety of the Turkmen language traditionally associated with the Salyr Turkmen tribe.
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C.
Ersari dialect
The Ersari dialect is a regional variety of the Turkmen language traditionally spoken by the Ersari Turkmen people, primarily in parts of Turkmenistan and neighboring regions.
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D.
Nohurli dialect
The Nohurli dialect is a regional variety of Turkmen spoken by the Nohur people in parts of Turkmenistan, distinguished by its unique phonetic and lexical features.
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E.
Majhi dialect
The Majhi dialect is a central variety of Punjabi regarded as the prestige form of the language and commonly used as its standard in media and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Alaskan Yupik dialect
ⓘ
Eskimo–Aleut language variety ⓘ Yupik language variety ⓘ |
| associatedWithCommunity | Mekoryuk, Alaska ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople |
Yupik peoples of western Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Yup’ik people
|
| belongsToGroup |
Alaskan Native languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Inuit languages
Yupik languages ⓘ
linked to:
Naukan Yupik language
|
| closelyRelatedTo | Central Alaskan Yupik dialects on mainland Alaska ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalAssociation | Cup’ig traditional culture ⓘ |
| culturalDomain |
sea-mammal hunting vocabulary
ⓘ
subsistence hunting and fishing terminology ⓘ |
| educationUse | taught in local school programs in Mekoryuk (intermittently) ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | endangered language variety ⓘ |
| geographicIsolation | island-based speech community ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Cup’ig
ⓘ
Nunivak Cup’ig ⓘ |
| hasEthnonymForm |
Cup’ig (people)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cup’ig people
|
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
derivational suffix chains
ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
English
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
linked to:
Russian language
|
| hasOrthographicVariation | locally adapted Central Alaskan Yupik orthography ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length contrast
ⓘ
rich suffixal morphology ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| historicalContinuity | spoken on Nunivak Island for many generations ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Eskimo–Aleut language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Eskimo–Aleut languages
|
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| partOfLanguage |
Central Alaskan Yupik language
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
|
| region | Bering Sea ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Cup’ig people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Nunivak Island ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| subfamily | Yupik branch ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
language revitalization efforts
ⓘ
linguistic documentation projects ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | language shift to English ⓘ |
| traditionalStatus | traditionally spoken on Nunivak Island ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
daily communication in Cup’ig communities ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cup’ig dialect Description of subject: The Cup’ig dialect is a Central Alaskan Yupik variety traditionally spoken by the Cup’ig people of Nunivak Island in Alaska.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cup’ig dialect