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
ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yup’ik
|
| glottocode | cent2127 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Yup’ik
Yugtun ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Chevak
ⓘ
Egegik ⓘ Central Alaskan Yup’ik self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
General Central Yup’ik
Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ
surface form:
Hooper Bay
Hooper Bay–Chevak ⓘ Kuskokwim River ⓘ
surface form:
Kuskokwim
Bering Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Norton Sound
Nunivak Cup’ig ⓘ Nunivak Island ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts |
community-based immersion programs
ⓘ
school-based Yup’ik language classes ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammar descriptions ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length contrast
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | esu ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | no U.S. state ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yupik
|
| languageFamily |
Eskimo–Aleut languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Eskimo–Aleut
|
| region |
Bering Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Bering Sea coast
southwestern Alaska ⓘ
surface form:
Bristol Bay region
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik people
Central Alaskan Yup’ik self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Yup’ik people
|
| spokenIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
southwestern Alaska ⓘ western Alaska ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Eskimo–Aleut languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Eskimo–Aleut language
Central Alaskan Yup’ik self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Yupik language
|
| 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.
Referenced by (79)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yupik
this entity surface form:
Yupik language
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Yup’ik people
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik people
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Yupik
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General Central Yup’ik
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Yup’ik
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Central Yup’ik
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Yupik
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Yupik
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Central Alaskan Yupʼik
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Central Alaskan Yupik
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
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General Central Alaskan Yup’ik
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General Central Yup’ik dialect
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik people
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik language continuum
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General Central Alaskan Yup’ik
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik communities
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
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Yup’ik people
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik dialect continuum
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General Central Yup’ik
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik people
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
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Yup’ik region of Alaska
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
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General Central Alaskan Yup’ik
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Central Alaskan Yupik
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Central Alaskan Yupik
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
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Central Alaskan Yupʼik
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Bethel, Alaska
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Central Alaskan Yupik language
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
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Central Alaskan Yup’ik people
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Central Alaskan Yupʼik