Nunivak Cupʼig language

The Central Alaskan Yupik who live on Nunivak Island (Nuniwar in Nunivak Cup'ig, Nunivaaq in Central Yup'ik) call themselves Cup'ig (plural Cup'it).

Those who live in the village of Chevak call themselves Cup'ik (plural Cup'it).

[2] Krauss documented continued decline and downgraded the status to "Very few or none of the children speak the language"[3] in 1982.

Today Cup'ig is spoken by elders in the village of Mekoryuk.

Built in 1984,[10] the school provides English and Cup’ig bilingual education for 32 students.

Central Alaskan Yup'ik-speaking areas
A Nunivak Cup'ig man with raven maskette. The raven (Cup'ig tulukarug ) is Ellam Cua or Creator god in the Cup’ig mythology