page_title: Nunivak Cupʼig language
section_title: Example phrases
hierarchical_section_title: Nunivak Cupʼig language / Example phrases
caption_attribution_description: Hrvatski: Nunivak. Nunivak Eskim. Lietuvių: Grenlandijos eskimas (1929 m.). Nederlands: Eskimoman. ;Title: Maskette — Nunivak Summary Eskimo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing headdress consisting of a protruding headband around the crown of his head, feathers, and a wooden bird head in front. Forms part of Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.]&#160;: Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 20, p. 82. Subjects Indians of North America--Clothing &amp; dress--Alaska--Nunivak Island--1920-1930. Eskimos--Clothing &amp; dress--1920-1930. Headdresses--Alaska--Nunivak Island--1920-1930. Masks--Alaska--Nunivak Island--1920-1930. Digital ID (b&amp;w film copy neg.) cph 3a16197 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a16197
context_page_description: Nunivak Cup'ig or just Cup'ig is a language or separate dialect of Central Alaskan Yup'ik spoken in Central Alaska at the Nunivak Island by Nunivak Cup'ig people. The letter "c" in the Yup’ik alphabet is equivalent to the English alphabet "ch".
  The Central Alaskan Yupik who live on Nunivak Island call themselves Cup'ig. Those who live in the village of Chevak call themselves Cup'ik. The name Cup'ig is used for the Nunivak Island Yup'ik dialect and the name Cup'ik is used for Hooper Bay-Chevak Yup'ik dialect.
  The Cup'ig dialect is threatened. This fact was documented by Dr. Michael E. Krauss of the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska and is illustrated on the map. In 1975, Krauss indicated, "Some of the children speak the language". Krauss documented continued decline and downgraded the status to "Very few or none of the children speak the language" in 1982.
  Today Cup'ig is spoken by elders in the village of Mekoryuk.
context_section_description: Cangacit? - How are you?
  Canritua - I am fine
  Unuakukegci - Good morning
  Agayunerpakegcikici - Have a very Merry Christmas
  Allrakularakegciluci-llu - And have a Happy New Year
  Taqukat, maklit neqkanka - Seals, bearded seals is my food
  Quyana - Thanks
  Quyana niicugnillua - Thank you for listening to me.
  Quyana naqluki allnganka - Thank you for reading what I wrote.
caption: A Nunivak Cup'ig man with raven maskette. The raven (Cup'ig tulukarug) is Ellam Cua or Creator god in the Cup’ig mythology
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