 Children still grow up speaking Yupʼik as their first language in 17 of 68 Yupʼik villages, those mainly located on the lower Kuskokwim River, on Nelson Island, and along the coast between the Kuskokwim River and Nelson Island.The difference between Yupʼik and Iñupiaq is roughly the same as the difference between Spanish and French.The dialect that holds the largest majority within Yupʼik is General Central Yupʼik (Yugtun), which is spoken in Nelson Island, the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, and the Bristol Bay regions of Alaska.