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Nunivak Cup’ig or just Cup’ig (own name Cugtun) is a language or separate dialect of Central Alaskan Yup’ik spoken in Central Alaska at the Nunivak Island by Nunivak Cup’ig people (own name Cup’it or Nuniwarmiut). The letter c on the Yup’ik alphabet is equivalent on the English alphabet ch.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).