Chevak

E32653

Chevak is a distinct dialect of the Central Alaskan Yup’ik language spoken primarily in the village of Chevak in western Alaska.

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AI-generated illustration of Chevak

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Chevak (Chevak is a distinct dialect of the Central Alaskan Yup’ik language spoken primarily in the village of Chevak in western Alaska.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chevak canonical 6
Cupʼik 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Alaska Native Language Center ⓘ
Lower Yukon School District ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hooper Bay Yup’ik ⓘ
linked to: Hooper Bay–Chevak
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegion Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ
distinctFrom General Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
endangermentStatus threatened ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cup’ik people ⓘ
linked to: Cup’ig people
glottologCode cent2128 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Chevak Yup’ik ⓘ
Cup’ik ⓘ
linked to: Nunivak Cupik
hasAncestor Proto-Eskimo–Aleut ⓘ
Proto-Yupik ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts true ⓘ
hasLexicalDifferencesWith Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
hasMorphologicalDifferencesWith Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers small community population ⓘ
hasPhonologicalDifferencesWith Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity Chevak village residents ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
iso639-3Code esk ⓘ
languageBranch Yupik languages ⓘ
linked to: Yupik
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
primaryUse cultural practices ⓘ
daily communication in Chevak community ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
region Alaska ⓘ
spokenIn Chevak, Alaska ⓘ
western Alaska ⓘ
subdivisionOf Central Alaskan Yup’ik language ⓘ
usedInEducation bilingual programs in Chevak ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southwestern Alaska → indigenousPeople → Cupʼik ⓘ
subject linked to: southwestern Alaska
linked to: Chevak
Yupik → hasSubgroup → Cupʼik ⓘ
linked to: Chevak
Chevak School → city → Chevak ⓘ