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Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary
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Language Name
Central Alaskan Yup'ik.
Alternate Language Names
Yupʼik, Yupik, Central Yupik, Yugtun.
Region
Alaska, United States.
Who
Steven A. Jacobson (Compiler).
Others Involved
Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks (Publisher); The Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Alaska State Operated School System, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities (Sponsors); Irene Reed, Martha Teeluk and Paschal Afcan (started the project in 1961); Yup'ik speakers from the lower Yukon composed Yup’ik to English and English to Yup’ik lexical files.
The complier gives credit and appreciation to the following: Edward A. Tennant, Joseph N. Bitar, Anthony Woodbury, Elsie P. Mather, Phyllis Morrow, Ann Fienup-Riordan, Marie Meade, Anna Jacobson, Leisy Thornton-Wyman, Alice Fredson, Mary Jane Mann, Elena Dock, Sophie Shield, Ben Orr, Eliza Orr, Victor Kanrilak Jr., Andy Charlie Jr., Alice Rearden, Rebecca Nayamin, Martha Teeluk, John Orlov, Ferdinand Drebert, John Hinz, Martin Lonneux, Margaret Lantis, E. W. Nelson, and Francis Barnum, and especially all the Yup’ik elders named (not listed here due their number — but certainly no less appreciated) and unnamed, Irene Reed, Michael Krauss, Roy Iutzi-Mitchell, Frank Keim, Monica Sheldon, Grant Kashatok, Rebecca Nayamin, Walkie Charles, John Toopetlook, Hiroko Ikuta, Jophina Avugiak, David DeHass, Leon Unruh and Joe Kwaraceius.
Publishing Information
Published 2012 (2nd edition), Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska. This dictionary has two editions, and was published in two volumes. This post contains information about the second edition.
How People are Cited
The compiler is cited on the cover as well as the first two pages along with the sponsors. Those who started the project, the Yup'ik speakers from the lower Yukon, and those credited by the compiler, are cited in the Preface section. Sponsors are also cited in the Preface section.
How Information is Cited
Information about where the information in this dictionary comes from can be found in the Preface section.
Where is Information Coming from
This second edition adds to the first (1984) by using material from work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 07327, "International Polar Year: Documenting Alaskan and Neighboring Languages".
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as both a physical and digital book (PDF scan).
Access
The digital copy (PDF scan) is open access through the Alaska Native Language Archive. Both the physical and digital book can be accessed through libraries. This dictionary is available for purchase through the University Alaska for $50.00 (USD), although it is unclear if this is for the physical or the digital book.
Included Languages and Directionality
Central Yup'ik to English (Base section), English to Central Yup'ik (Index).
Dialects Included
Central Yup'ik has various dialects which include, the dialects of the Yukon, the Kuskokwim, the upper Kuskokwim, Nelson Island, Canineq, Bristol Bay, the Nushagak River, and Lake Iliamnaand which all fall under General Central Yup'ik (GCY). The remaining dialects – Norton Sound, Hooper Bay-Chevak, Nunivak Island and Egegik – all differ in a number of ways from GCY. The dialect abbreviations used in entries can be found on pg. 35 of volume one of this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
The sections are sorted into Central Yup'ik bases, postbases, enclitics, unverified words, and other appendices, where entries are organized alphabetically by Central Yup'ik to English. An English to Central Yup'ik index, which can be used to look up words in the rest of the dictionary, follows the Appendices and is organized alphabetically by English.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Information is included in the General Introduction under Dictionary Format and General Content of Entries |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ✅ | Some illustrations and maps are included |
| Example phrases | ✅ | Included in some entries |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ✅ | Marked at the end of most entries in the Base section using dialect abbreviations |
Other Notes
It is the second edition of Jacobson's 1984 dictionary. The first edition reprinted eight times through 2009 in a total of 4,900 copies.
External Links
Open access link from the Alaska Native Language Archive: https://www.uaf.edu/anla/record.php?identifier=CY972J2012
An additional open access link from the Southwest Region Schools: https://www.swrsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=254&dataid=274&FileName=Yupik_Eskimo_Dictionary_Vol_1.pdf
Link to purchase this dictionary from the Alaska Native Language Archive: https://epay.alaska.edu/C21563_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=5562&SINGLESTORE=true
Reference on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/798093611