Naukan Yupik language
Eskimo–Aleut language spoken in Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Naukan Yupik language[3] or Naukan Siberian Yupik language (Naukan Yupik: Нывуӄаӷмистун; Nuvuqaghmiistun) is a critically endangered Eskimo 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.
| Naukan Yupik | |
|---|---|
| Нывуӄаӷмистун Nuvuqaghmiistun | |
| Native to | Russian Federation |
| Region | Bering Strait region (or Chukchi Peninsula) |
| Ethnicity | 450 Naukan people (2010)[1] |
Native speakers | 60, 13% of ethnic population (2010)[2] |
Early forms | Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
|
| Cyrillic | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Russia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ynk |
| Glottolog | nauk1242 |
| ELP | Naukan Yupik |
Naukan Yupik settlements (magenta dots) | |
Linguistically, it is intermediate between Central Siberian Yupik and Central Alaskan Yup'ik.[4]
Morphology
Chart example of the oblique case:
| Case | singular | dual | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locative | mi | ɣni | ni |
| Abl. / Instr. | məɣ | ɣnəɣ | nəɣ |
| Allative | mun | ɣnun | nun |
| Vialis | kun | ɣkun | təkun |
| Aequalis | tun | ɣtun | tətun |
The non-possessed endings in the chart may cause a base-final 'weak' ʀ to drop with compensatory gemination in Inu. Initial m reflects the singular relative marker. The forms with initial n (k or t) are combined to produce possessed oblique with the corresponding absolutive endings in the 3rd person case but with variants of the relative endings for the other persons.
In proto-Eskimo, *ŋ was often dropped within morphemes except when next to *ə. *ŋ is also dropped under productive velar dropping (the dropping of ɣ, ʀ, and ŋ between single vowels), and *ana becomes ii in these areas.
Numerals
| ataasiq | 1 | aghvinelek | 6 | atghanelek | 11 | akimiaq ataasimeng | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| maalghut | 2 | maalghugneng aghvinelek | 7 | maalghugneng atghanelek | 12 | akimiaq maalghugneng | 17 |
| pingayut | 3 | pingayuneng aghvinelek | 8 | pingayuneng atghanelek | 13 | akimiaq pingayuneng | 18 |
| sitamat | 4 | qulngughutngilnguq | 9 | akimiaghutngilnguq | 14 | yuinaghutngilnguq | 19 |
| tallimat | 5 | qulmeng | 10 | akimiaq | 15 | yuinaq | 20 |
Notes
References
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