Yupik
noun
Yu·pik
ˈyü-(ˌ)pik 
plural Yupik also Yupiks or Yupiit
ˈyü-ˌpēt
1
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of chiefly southwestern Alaska and eastern Siberia
2
: the languages of the Yupik people
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When Bering finally located Alaska in 1741, Alaska was home to about 100,000 people, including Inuit, Athabascan, Yupik, Unangan and Tlingit.
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William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2017
Although shaded eyeglasses made from smoky quartz are said to date back to 12th-century China, sun-protective eyewear may have first emerged among the Indigenous people of the Arctic, such as the ancestors of the Inuit or Yupik tribes.
—Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
That leaves only two native Alaskan languages still being learned by children and thus not yet doomed: Siberian Yupik, with 1,000 speakers, and Central Yupik, with a grand total of 10,000 speakers.
—Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Residents filled the gym at John Apangalook School in Gambell, home to the King Polar Bears — or Qughsatkut in Siberian Yupik— sports teams.
—Mark Thiessen, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
Heads bowed for an invocation offered in Siberian Yupik.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
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William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2017
Although shaded eyeglasses made from smoky quartz are said to date back to 12th-century China, sun-protective eyewear may have first emerged among the Indigenous people of the Arctic, such as the ancestors of the Inuit or Yupik tribes.
—Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
That leaves only two native Alaskan languages still being learned by children and thus not yet doomed: Siberian Yupik, with 1,000 speakers, and Central Yupik, with a grand total of 10,000 speakers.
—Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Residents filled the gym at John Apangalook School in Gambell, home to the King Polar Bears — or Qughsatkut in Siberian Yupik— sports teams.
—Mark Thiessen, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
Heads bowed for an invocation offered in Siberian Yupik.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
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“Yupik.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Yupik. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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