Siberian Languages:
By landmass, Russia is the world’s largest country. However, the world’s largest country is not as populated as one might think. Despite that, the Russian Federation is linguistically and culturally diverse. Siberia is a linguistically diverse region in Russia. It has been a part of modern-day Russia since the 16th century. The official language in Russia is Russian, which is also the main language in Siberia. But multiple regional languages are also spoken in the region. Due to the influence of the Russian and European cultures over the region, the languages have also been affected.
Siberian Yupik is one of the many regional languages that are spoken by a small number of people. Siberian Yupik belongs to the Yupik language group of the Eskimo Aleut family. Central Siberian Yupik is the most spoken dialect of this language. Although Central Alaskan Yup’ik belongs to the same language family, it is not mutually intelligible with the Central Siberian Yupik language. Central Siberian dialect is often placed under the Yuit umbrella.
Both the Latin alphabet and Cyrillic script are used to write the Siberian languages. Cyrillic script is popular in the region because it is used for writing Russian. The Yupik Peoples are the primary speakers of the Yupik languages.