Chevak

E32653

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 4
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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