Chefornak is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census its population was 418, up from 394 in 2000.
Chefornak, Alaska
Aerial view of Chefornak
Center of the village in winter. The large building just left of center is the school, in front of it is the village complex, on the right is Chefarnrmute store.
Kids recreating in the school playground
Central Alaskan Yupʼik is one of the languages of the Yupik family, in turn a member of the Eskimo–Aleut language group, spoken in western and southwestern Alaska. Both in ethnic population and in number of speakers, the Central Alaskan Yupik people form the largest group among Alaska Natives. 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, nor Naukan Yupik likewise spoken in Chukotka.
The Pledge of Allegiance in Yupʼik. This uses a variant orthography with <gh> instead of <r> to indicate the voiced uvular fricative.