Chaplino dialect

The Chaplino dialect (also known as Chaplinski dialect, Chaplinski Yupik, Eskimo Uŋaziq and Chaplinski language) is a dialect of the Central Siberian Yupik language spoken by the indigenous Eskimo people along the coast of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the Russian Far East, in the villages of Novoye Chaplino ("New Chaplino"), Provideniya, Uelkal and Sireniki. The Chaplino dialect is named after the village of Chaplino (also known as "Old Chaplino"; native name is "Уӈазиӄ" (Uŋaziq), from уӈаӄ "whisker" + suffix -зиӄ/-сиӄ). The Chaplino dialect is spoken by the majority of Russian Yuits.[2]

Chaplino dialect
Уӈазиӷмит (Uŋazigmit)
Native toRussia, United States
RegionBering Strait region
Native speakers
≈1600 (total) (1997)[1]
≈500 in Russia (1997)
Eskimo–Aleut
  • Eskimo
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3ess (Central Siberian Yupik)
Glottologcent2128  Central Siberian Yupik

The Chaplino dialect is close in lexicon and grammar to that of the St. Lawrence Island Yupik dialect ("Sivuqaghmiistun").[3]

Orthography

The Chaplino dialect alphabet now stands as follows:

А а Б б В в Г г Ӷ ӷ Д д Е е Ё ё Ж ж З з
И и Й й К к Ӄ ӄ Л л Лъ лъ М м Н н Нъ нъ Ӈ ӈ
О о П п Р р С с Т т У у Ў ў Ф ф Х х Ӽ ӽ
Ц ц Ч ч Ш ш Щ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь Э э Ю ю Я я

References
  1. Меновщиков, Г. А. (1997). Языки мира. Палеоазиатские языки [Languages of the world. Paleoasian languages] (in Russian). Moscow: Индрик. p. 75–81. ISBN 5-85759-046-9.
  2. Thomas Sebeok (2013). Native Languages of the Americas. New York: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4757-1559-0.
  3. Dirmid R. F. Collis (1990). Arctic languages: An awakening. Paris, France: Unesco. p. 70. ISBN 978-92-3-102661-4.
  • Меновщиков, Г. А. (1988). Материалы и исследования по языку и фольклору чаплинских эскимосов [Materials on the language and folklore of the Eskimo] (in Russian). Leningrad: Наука. ISBN 5-02-027861-0.
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