Naukan Yupik
Nuvuqaghmiistun
Naukan Yupik is an Eskimo-Aleut language spoken in Russia, by about 50 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Naukan Yupik language or Naukan Siberian Yupik language (Naukan Yupik: Нывуӄаӷмистун, romanized: Nuvuqaghmiistun) is a critically endangered Eskaleut language spoken by c. 70 Naukan persons (нывуӄаӷмит) on the Chukotka peninsula. It is one of the four Yupik languages, along with Central Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik and Pacific Gulf Yupik.
Linguistically, it is intermediate between Central Siberian Yupik and Central Alaskan Yup'ik.
From Wikipedia · Naukan Yupik language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Naukan Yupik
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | inuk* | |
| eye | 3r3* | |
| ear | siut3* | |
| nose | q3Naq* | |
| tooth | kipt3* | |
| hand | agraq* | |
| bone | saun3q* | |
| skin | qiziq* | |
| breast | sat* | |
| liver | t3Nuq* | |
| water | ымы́ӄ | ǝmǝ́q |
| fire | 3n3q* | |
| sun | mazaq* | |
| stone | uyaXak* | |
| mountain | iXeq* | |
| tree | navaqtoq* | |
| leaf | quXuNaq* | |
| night | unuk* | |
| dog | qi7miq* | |
| fish | iXaluk* | |
| louse | kumak* | |
| one | atausiq* | |
| two | maXluk* | |
| I | oNa* | |
| you | ivlin* | |
| we | ogut* | |
| die | tuXu* | |
| path | aXuivik* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Western Canadian InuktitutEskimo-Aleut46% alike
- North Alaskan InupiatunEskimo-Aleut44% alike
- InuktitutEskimo-Aleut40% alike
- Seward Alaska InupiatunEskimo-Aleut40% alike
- Central Siberian YupikEskimo-Aleut35% alike
- Central YupikEskimo-Aleut29% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · nauk1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ynk