Eskimo-Aleut family
Central Alaskan Yup'ik
1500 CE – today Living
Central Alaskan Yup'ik (1500 CE – today) is a living Eskimo-Aleut language. Lineage: Proto-Eskimo-Aleut → Proto-Eskimo → Central Alaskan Yup'ik.
See Central Alaskan Yup'ik on the interactive map- Speakers
- 10K (10,000)
- ISO 639-3
- esu
- Glottocode
- cent2127
Yupik branch, spoken in southwestern Alaska. The most widely spoken Alaska Native language.
Lineage
- Proto-Eskimo-Aleutc. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
- Proto-Eskimoc. 500 BCE – 800 CE
- Central Alaskan Yup'ik1500 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Eskimo.