Юпик ситвэлкэн

Central Siberian Yupik

Eskimo-Aleut (Yupik branch — sister to Central Alaskan Yupʼik (esu) and Aleut)

FamilyEskimo-Aleut (Yupik branch — sister to Central Alaskan Yupʼik (esu) and Aleut) Speakers~1K (~400 fluent + ~500 partial speakers) ScriptCyrillic CountriesRussia Official inNo (Russia: recognized indigenous people of the Russian North; USA: federally Vitalitydefinitely-endangered ISO 639-3ess

Central Siberian Yupik (Юпик ситвэлкэн Yupik sityelken) is the language spoken on Saint Lawrence Island (USA) and the Chukchi Peninsula (Russia), occupying the Bering Strait between the two countries. It belongs to the Yupik branch of Eskimo-Aleut, distinct from Central Alaskan Yupʼik (esu) and Inuit varieties (Inupiaq ipk, Inuktitut iu, Greenlandic kl). The Saint Lawrence Island Yupik community of Gambell and Savoonga has maintained the language under Alaska's bilingual education programs since the 1970s. Russian-side speakers in Provideniya are more pressured by Russian. Linguistically, the language has classic Eskimo-Aleut features: agglutinative polysynthesis with up to 100+ derivational suffixes per word, ergative-absolutive alignment, and dual + plural number distinctions.

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Central Siberian Yupik

Water

мэк

/mək/

Fire

кэныг

/kənəɡ/

Sun

маасьихта

/maːsʲixta/

Moon

аасʼта

/aːsʼta/

Mother

аакаг

/aːkaɡ/

Father

аатаг

/aːtaɡ/

Eat

нэвлэк

/nəvlək/

Drink

эвлэк

/əvlək/

Love

сахвэк

/saxvək/

Heart

эунгэк

/əuŋək/

Tree

эивкʼак

/əivkʼak/

House

нэӈэн

/nəŋən/

Dog

кагилхак

/kaɡilxak/

Cat

пусʼик

/pusʼik/

Hand

унаак

/unaːk/

Eye

ии

/iː/

Hello

аипак

/aipak/

Thank you

игамсиӄанаӄ

/iɡamsiqanaq/

One

атасʼек

/atasʼek/

Good

асʼилкʼа

/asʼilkʼa/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Eskimo-Aleut (Yupik branch — sister to Central Alaskan Yupʼik (esu) and Aleut) languages

Meaning Central Siberian YupikCentral Alaskan YupikInupiaqKulluiDaasanachGreenlandicTelugu
Water мэк /mək/ meq /meq/ imiq /imiq/ पाणी /paːɳiː/ no /no/ imeq /imeq/ నీళ్ళు /niːɭːu/
Fire кэныг /kənəɡ/ keneq /keneq/ igniq /iɡniq/ आग /aːɡ/ mes /mes/ ikuallaq /ikuaɬːaq/ అగ్ని /əɡni/
Sun маасьихта /maːsʲixta/ akerta /akerta/ siqiñiq /siqiŋiq/ सूरज /suːɾədʒ/ sicho /sitʃo/ seqineq /seqineq/ సూర్యుడు /suːɾjuɖu/
Moon аасʼта /aːsʼta/ iraluq /iraluq/ tatqiq /tatqiq/ चांद /tʃãːd/ mar /mar/ qaammat /qaːmːat/ చంద్రుడు /tʃəndɾuɖu/
Mother аакаг /aːkaɡ/ aana /aːna/ aaka /aːka/ आमा /aːma/ waana /waːna/ anaana /anaːna/ అమ్మ /əmːə/
Father аатаг /aːtaɡ/ ata /ata/ aapa /aːpa/ बाबा /baːba/ kaaba /kaːba/ ataata /ataːta/ నాన్న /naːnːə/
Eat нэвлэк /nəvlək/ ner'uq /nerʔuq/ niġiruq /niʁiruq/ खाणु /kʰaːɳu/ icho /itʃo/ nerivoq /neɾivoq/ తినడం /tɪnəɖəm/
Drink эвлэк /əvlək/ mertuq /mertuq/ imiġuq /imiʁuq/ पीणु /piːɳu/ ʔurro /ʔuro/ imerpoq /imeɾpoq/ తాగడం /taːɡəɖəm/
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