Yupik

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The Yupik are Indigenous peoples of Alaska and Siberia known for their distinct Eskimo–Aleut languages, subsistence hunting and fishing traditions, and rich Arctic cultural heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic people
Ethnic group
Indigenous people
country Russia
United States
culturalArea Arctic
linked to: Arctic region

Subarctic
culturalHeritage Drumming and dancing
Mask making
Oral storytelling traditions
Skin boat construction
ethnicGroupOf Alaska
Siberia
etymology Name derives from Yupʼik words meaning “real person”
hasSubgroup Alutiiq
Central Alaskan Yupʼik
Cupig
linked to: Cup’ig

Cupʼik
linked to: Chevak

Naukan Yupik
Siberian Yupik
Sugpiaq
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
partOf Eskimo peoples
linked to: Inuit

Eskimo–Aleut peoples
linked to: Alaska Natives
recognizedAs Indigenous peoples of Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives

Indigenous peoples of the Russian North
relatedEthnicGroup Aleut
Inuit
Inupiat
linked to: Inuit
religion Christianity
Traditional animist beliefs
selfDesignation Yupiit
speaks Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq

Central Alaskan Yupʼik language
Naukan Yupik language
Siberian Yupik language
linked to: Yupik

Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
traditionalEconomy Subsistence economy
traditionalHousing Semi-subterranean sod houses
Snow houses
traditionalRegion Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula

Russian Far East
linked to: Russia Far East

Southcentral Alaska
Western Alaska
linked to: southwestern Alaska
traditionalSubsistence Fishing
Gathering wild plants
Hunting
Marine mammal hunting
usesWritingSystem Cyrillic alphabet
linked to: Cyrillic script

Latin alphabet

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Inuit relatedEthnicGroup Yupik
Inuit relatedEthnicGroup Inupiat
linked to: Yupik
Eskimo–Aleut languages hasSubfamily Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
Southwestern Alaska indigenousPeople Yupik
subject linked to: southwestern Alaska
Yugtun alternateName Yup’ik
linked to: Yupik
Yugtun subfamily Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
Hooper Bay–Chevak hasAncestor Proto-Yupik
linked to: Yupik
Egegik languageBranch Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
Egegik closelyRelatedTo Nunivak Central Yup’ik
linked to: Yupik
Nunivak Island hasLanguage Nunivak Central Yup’ik
linked to: Yupik
Nunivak Island hasIndigenousPeople Yup’ik
linked to: Yupik
Chevak languageBranch Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
Sugpiaq people languageBranch Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
Naukan Yupik partOf Siberian Yupik
linked to: Yupik
Naukan Yupik languageBranch Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
St. Lawrence Island hasIndigenousLanguage Siberian Yupik language
linked to: Yupik
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Yup’ik
linked to: Yupik
Yupik speaks Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
Yupik speaks Siberian Yupik language
linked to: Yupik
Chukchi Peninsula languageRegion Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic languageFamily Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
Dillingham languageUsed Yupik (in the region)
linked to: Yupik
Bethel, Alaska primaryIndigenousGroup Yup’ik
subject linked to: Bethel
linked to: Yupik
Togiak, Alaska indigenousPeople Yup'ik
linked to: Yupik
Togiak, Alaska hasIndigenousNameLanguage Yup'ik
linked to: Yupik
Quinhagak, Alaska indigenousPeople Yup’ik
linked to: Yupik
Quinhagak, Alaska populationMajorityPeople Yup’ik
linked to: Yupik
Hooper Bay, Alaska hasTraditionalNameLanguage Yup'ik
linked to: Yupik
Hooper Bay–Chevak dialect subdivisionOf Yup'ik language continuum
linked to: Yupik
Toksook Bay, Alaska ethnicComposition Yup’ik
linked to: Yupik
Toksook Bay, Alaska indigenousNameLanguage Yup’ik
linked to: Yupik