Definitions for yupikˈyu pɪk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Yu•pikˈyu pɪk(n.)

  1. a member of any of several Eskimo groups inhabiting SW Alaska, adjacent parts of Siberia, and a number of islands in the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean.

    Category: Peoples

  2. the group of Eskimo languages spoken by these people.

    Category: Peoples

Wiktionary

  1. Yupik(ProperNoun)

    A language of the Eskimo-Aleut family.

  2. Yupik(ProperNoun)

    A subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages. This is the only language family known to straddle both North America and Asia. It is centered squarely in Alaska and is thought to have migrated across to Siberia a few hundred years ago.


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