Yup'ik

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjuːpɪk/

Noun

Yup'ik (plural Yup'iks)

1. A member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.

Synonyms

• Central Alaskan Yupik
• Central Yupik
• West Alaska Eskimo

Proper noun

1. A language of the Eskimo-Aleut family.
2. A subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages. This is the only language family known to straddle both North America and Asia. It is centered squarely in Alaska and is thought to have migrated across to Siberia a few hundred years ago.

Translations

• French: yupik de l'Alaska central
• Portuguese: yupik
• Russian: аля́скинский ю́пик

Translations

• Russian: ю́пик

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