 As of 2010 Yupʼik was, after Navajo the second most spoken aboriginal language in the United States.Yupʼik should not be confused with the related language Central Siberian Yupik spoken in Chukotka and St. Lawrence Island.Yupʼik lies geographically and linguistically between Alutiiq ~ Sugpiaq and Central Siberian Yupik.