Cup’ik language
E808035
The Cup’ik language is a Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo–Aleut language spoken primarily by the Cup’ik people of western Alaska, especially in and around the community of Chevak.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cup’ig language | 2 |
| Cupʼik language | 1 |
| Cup’ik language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9580935 — 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: Cup’ik language Context triple: [Chevak, Alaska, hasLocalLanguage, Cup’ik language]
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A.
Kaska language
The Kaska language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Kaska Dena people of the Yukon and northern British Columbia in Canada.
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B.
Koyukon language
The Koyukon language is an Indigenous Athabaskan language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska, particularly along the middle Yukon River.
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C.
Walapai language
The Walapai language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Hualapai people of northwestern Arizona.
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D.
Aka-Kol language
The Aka-Kol language is an extinct Ongan language once spoken by the indigenous Great Andamanese people of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
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E.
Ktunaxa language
Ktunaxa language is an isolate Indigenous language spoken by the Ktunaxa (Kutenai) people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America, primarily in southeastern British Columbia and parts of the northwestern United States.
- 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: Cup’ik language Target entity description: The Cup’ik language is a Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo–Aleut language spoken primarily by the Cup’ik people of western Alaska, especially in and around the community of Chevak.
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A.
Kaska language
The Kaska language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Kaska Dena people of the Yukon and northern British Columbia in Canada.
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B.
Koyukon language
The Koyukon language is an Indigenous Athabaskan language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska, particularly along the middle Yukon River.
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C.
Walapai language
The Walapai language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Hualapai people of northwestern Arizona.
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D.
Aka-Kol language
The Aka-Kol language is an extinct Ongan language once spoken by the indigenous Great Andamanese people of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
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E.
Ktunaxa language
Ktunaxa language is an isolate Indigenous language spoken by the Ktunaxa (Kutenai) people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America, primarily in southeastern British Columbia and parts of the northwestern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Alaskan Yupik language
ⓘ
Eskimo–Aleut language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| autonym |
Cup’igtaq
ⓘ
linked to:
Cupʼik
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf Yupik language
|
| culturalRole |
marker of Cup’ik identity
ⓘ
vehicle of oral tradition ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | Central Alaskan Yup’ik language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Cup’ik people
ⓘ
linked to:
Cupʼik people
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Chevak Cup’ik
ⓘ
Hooper Bay–Chevak Cup’ik (in some classifications) ⓘ
linked to:
Hooper Bay–Chevak
|
| hasEducationalUse | bilingual education in Chevak ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
derivational suffix chains
ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ extensive case system ⓘ |
| hasISOCode |
esu (macrolanguage Central Yupik)
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf Yupik language
|
| hasLinguisticType |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
rich verbal morphology
ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
geminate consonants
ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant word order ⓘ |
| isVarietyOf |
Central Yupik macrolanguage
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
|
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily |
Eskimo–Aleut languages
ⓘ
Yupik languages ⓘ |
| primaryCommunity | Chevak, Alaska ⓘ |
| region |
Kusilvak Census Area
ⓘ
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort | community-based language programs in Chevak ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Chevak, Alaska ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
western Alaska ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern Alaska
|
| subfamilyOf |
Central Alaskan Yupik
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
|
| taughtAt | Chevak School ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Cup’ik community members in Chevak
ⓘ
Cup’ik elders ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural ceremonies
ⓘ
subsistence knowledge transmission ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ |
| usesOrthography | Roman alphabet ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cup’ik language Description of subject: The Cup’ik language is a Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo–Aleut language spoken primarily by the Cup’ik people of western Alaska, especially in and around the community of Chevak.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cup’ik language
linked to: Cup’ik language
linked to: Cup’ik language