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Proto-Eskaleut, Proto-Eskimo–Aleut or Proto-Inuit-Yupik-Unangan [citation needed] is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Eskaleut languages, family containing Eskimo and Aleut. Its existence is known through similarities in Eskimo and Aleut. The existence of Proto-Eskaleut is generally accepted among linguists.
Proto-Eskimoan, Proto-Eskimo, or Proto-Inuit-Yupik, is the reconstructed ancestor of the Eskimo languages. [1] It was spoken by the ancestors of the Yupik and Inuit peoples. It is linguistically related to the Aleut language , and both descend from the Proto-Eskaleut language .
Eskimo (/ ˈ ɛ s k ɪ m oʊ /) is an exonym that refers to two closely related Indigenous peoples: Inuit (including the Alaska Native Iñupiat, the Canadian Inuit, and the Greenlandic Inuit) and the Yupik (or Yuit) of eastern Siberia and Alaska.
Eskimo–Aleut, Inuit–Yupik–Unangan: Geographic distribution: Alaska, Northwest Territories (Inuvialuit Settlement Region), Nunavut, northern Quebec , northern Labrador (Nunatsiavut), Greenland, far eastern Russia (Chukotka Peninsula) Linguistic classification: One of the world's primary language families: Proto-language: Proto-Eskaleut ...
Inuit were supposed to use English at school, work, and even on the playground. [10] Inuit themselves viewed Inuktitut as the way to express their feelings and be linked to their identity, while English was a tool for making money. [8] In the 1960s, the European attitude towards the Inuktitut language started to change.
The claim that Eskimo words for snow are unusually numerous, particularly in contrast to English, is a cliché commonly used to support the controversial linguistic relativity hypothesis. In linguistic terminology, the relevant languages are the Eskimo–Aleut languages , specifically the Yupik and Inuit varieties.
Proto-Inuit is the reconstructed proto-language of the Inuit languages, probably spoken about 1000 years BP by the Neo-Eskimo Thule people. [1] It evolved from Proto-Eskimo , from which the Yupik languages also evolved.
His Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, co-authored with Steven Jacobson and Lawrence Kaplan, [9] is the standard work in its area, as is his Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan Dictionary. [10] In his book Pattern and Process, [11] Fortescue explores the possibilities of a linguistic theory based on the philosophical theories of Alfred North Whitehead.