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- Eskimo-Aleut languages, family of languages spoken in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), Canada, the United States (in Alaska), and Russia (in eastern Siberia), by the Inuit and Unangan (Aleut) peoples. Unangan is a self-name; Aleut is the name the Russians used for these people.
The Eskaleut (/ ɛˈskæliuːt / e-SKAL-ee-oot), Eskimo–Aleut or Inuit–Yupik–Unangan[1] languages are a language family native to the northern portions of the North American continent, and a small part of northeastern Asia.
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Aleut is the sole language in the Aleut branch of the Eskimo–Aleut language family. The Aleut language consists of three dialects , including Unalaska (Eastern Aleut), Atka / Atkan (Atka Aleut), and Attu / Attuan (Western Aleut, now extinct).
The Inuit languages constitute a branch of the Eskimo–Aleut language family. They are closely related to the Yupik languages and more remotely to Aleut. These other languages are all spoken in western Alaska, United States, and eastern Chukotka, Russia.
Eskimo-Aleut languages, family of languages spoken in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), Canada, the United States (in Alaska), and Russia (in eastern Siberia), by the Inuit and Unangan (Aleut) peoples. Unangan is a self-name; Aleut is the name the Russians used for these people.
- Knut Bergsland
Article History. Also called: Unangam Tunuu. Key People: Saint Innocent Veniaminov. Related Topics: Eskimo-Aleut languages. Atkan Aleut language. Eastern Aleut language. Aleut language, one of two branches of the Eskimo-Aleut languages (Eskaleut languages).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Eskimo-Aleut languages, Family of languages spoken in Greenland, Canada, Alaska, U.S., and eastern Siberia by the Eskimo and Aleut peoples. Aleut, distantly related to the Eskimo languages, consists of eastern and western dialects; today both are spoken by fewer than 400 people.
Eskimo-Aleut Languages. This language family comprises the Eskimo and Aleut branches, which are believed to have diverged no more than 4,000 years ago. Useful general references are Bergsland 1986, Krauss 1973 and 1995, and Woodbury 1984.
