Naukan Yupik language

Naukan Yupik
Naukan Yupik
Нывуӄаӷмистун ; Nuvuqaghmiistun
Native to	Russian Federation
Region	Bering Strait region (or Chukchi Peninsula)
Ethnicity	450 Naukan people (2010)
Native speakers	60, 13% of ethnic population (2010)
Language family	Eskaleut Eskimo Yupik Naukan Yupik; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Eskimo–Aleut Proto-Eskimo Proto-Yupik ; ;
Writing system	Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in	Russia Chukotka (in Chukchi Peninsula);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ynk
Glottolog	nauk1242
ELP	Naukan Yupik
	Naukan Yupik settlements (magenta dots)

Naukan Yupik language

Central Alaskan Yup'ik and Pacific Gulf Yupik

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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