Languages and dialects (CED) :
Alutiiq (AAY - Alutiiq Alaskan
Yupik), also called Pacific Yupik or Sugpiaq, is spoken in Alaska on the shores
of Prince William Sound, at the tip of Kenai Peninsula, on Kodiak Island and on
the Alaska Peninsula. Dialects and subdialects:
Chugach (C)
Koniag
(K)
Kodiak (Kod)
Afognak (Afog)
Perryville (Perry)
Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY) is spoken
in southwestern
Egegik (Eg)
General Central Yupik (GCY)
Upper Kuskokwim (UK)
Nelson Island (NI)
Hooper Bay-Chevak (HBC)
Naukan(ski) (NSY - Naukan Siberian Yupik) is actually intermediate between
Central Alaskan and Central Siberian Yupik, with the term "Siberian"
reflecting geographical rather than linguistic position. It was spoken at East
Cape on the
Central Siberian Yupik (CSY) is
spoken on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska and on the opposite coast of
Chaplinski (Chap)
St. Lawrence Island (SLI)
Note that separate designations for
SLI and Chap represent a difference in sources more than an actual dialect
difference, although traces of subdialectal variation are present in both
varieties.
Sirenik(ski) (Sir) was spoken in Sireniki, Chukotka, and is remembered by two
elderly persons.
Seward Peninsula Inuit (SPI) is
spoken on the Seward Peninsula in northwestern
Imaqliq or Big Diomede
(Imaq)
Little Diomede (Di)
Qawiaraq (Qaw)
Unalakleet (Unk)
Note that separate designations for
Di and Imaq represent a difference in sources more than an actual subdialect
difference.
North Alaskan Inuit (NAI) is spoken
in northern and northwestern
Malimiut (Mal)
Kobuk (K)
Point Hope (PH)
Barrow (B)
Nunamiut (Nu)
Uummarmiut (Uum)
Western Canadian Inuit (WCI) is
spoken in northwestern
Siglit (Sig)
Copper (Cop)
Caribou (Car)
Eskimo Point (EP)
Netsilik (Net)
Utkusiksalingmiut (Utk)
Eastern Canadian Inuit (ECI) is
spoken in the eastern Canadian Arctic including part of the western
Aivilik (Aiv)
Tarramiut (Tar)
North Baffin-Iglulik (NBI)
Iglulik (Igl)
Itivimmiut (Iti)
Greenlandic Inuit (GRI). Dialects:
North Greenlandic / Polar Eskimo (NG)
West Greenlandic (WG)
Upernavik (Up)
Northwest Greenlandic (NWG)
Southwest Greenlandic (SWG)
East Greenlandic (EG)
NWG corresponds to
Schultz-Lorentzen's 'NG' and SWG to his 'SG' (the latter including Central West
Greenlandic around Nuuk).