Central Alaskan Yup’ik
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by the Yup’ik people of western and southwestern Alaska.
All labels observed (22)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45385 — 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: Central Alaskan Yup’ik Context triple: [Alaska, recognizedIndigenousLanguages, Central Alaskan Yup’ik]
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A.
Inupiaq
Inupiaq is an Indigenous Inuit language spoken by the Inupiat people of northern and northwestern Alaska and parts of Arctic Canada.
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B.
Chemehuevi people
The Chemehuevi people are a Southern Paiute Native American group traditionally inhabiting areas of the Mojave Desert and lower Colorado River, known for their rich oral traditions, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.
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C.
Mojave people
The Mojave people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region, whose culture, traditions, and identity are deeply rooted in the Mojave Desert landscape.
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D.
Pacific Community
The Pacific Community is an international development organization that supports sustainable development, scientific research, and technical cooperation among Pacific Island countries and territories.
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E.
Hudson Bay region
The Hudson Bay region is a vast, sparsely populated area in northeastern Canada centered around Hudson Bay, known for its subarctic climate, Indigenous communities, and historical role in early European exploration and the fur trade.
- 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: Central Alaskan Yup’ik Target entity description: Central Alaskan Yup’ik is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by the Yup’ik people of western and southwestern Alaska.
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A.
Inupiaq
Inupiaq is an Indigenous Inuit language spoken by the Inupiat people of northern and northwestern Alaska and parts of Arctic Canada.
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B.
Chemehuevi people
The Chemehuevi people are a Southern Paiute Native American group traditionally inhabiting areas of the Mojave Desert and lower Colorado River, known for their rich oral traditions, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.
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C.
Mojave people
The Mojave people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region, whose culture, traditions, and identity are deeply rooted in the Mojave Desert landscape.
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D.
Pacific Community
The Pacific Community is an international development organization that supports sustainable development, scientific research, and technical cooperation among Pacific Island countries and territories.
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E.
Hudson Bay region
The Hudson Bay region is a vast, sparsely populated area in northeastern Canada centered around Hudson Bay, known for its subarctic climate, Indigenous communities, and historical role in early European exploration and the fur trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eskimo–Aleut language
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Indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Yup’ik
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linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
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| glottocode | cent2127 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Central Yup’ik
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linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
Yugtun ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Chevak
ⓘ
Egegik ⓘ General Central Yup’ik ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
Hooper Bay ⓘ
linked to:
Hooper Bay–Chevak
Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ Kuskokwim ⓘ
linked to:
Kuskokwim River
Norton Sound ⓘ
linked to:
Bering Sea
Nunivak Cup’ig ⓘ Nunivak Island ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts |
community-based immersion programs
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school-based Yup’ik language classes ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammar descriptions ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
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polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length contrast
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | esu ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | no U.S. state ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Yupik
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
|
| languageFamily |
Eskimo–Aleut
ⓘ
linked to:
Eskimo–Aleut languages
|
| region |
Bering Sea coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Bering Sea
Bristol Bay region ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern Alaska
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Central Alaskan Yup’ik people
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
Yup’ik people ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
|
| spokenIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
southwestern Alaska ⓘ western Alaska ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Eskimo–Aleut language
ⓘ
linked to:
Eskimo–Aleut languages
Yupik language ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
|
| taughtAt |
University of Alaska Anchorage
ⓘ
University of Alaska Fairbanks ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
subsistence activities terminology ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Central Alaskan Yup’ik Description of subject: Central Alaskan Yup’ik is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by the Yup’ik people of western and southwestern Alaska.
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