English

Proper noun

Yupik

1. 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.

Hyponyms

• Alutiiq
• Yup'ik
• Central Siberian Yupik
• Naukanski

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

yupik m (uncountable)

1. Yup'ik (a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family)