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Aleut (/ ˈ æ l i uː t / AL-ee-oot) or Unangam Tunuu [3] is the language spoken by the Aleut living in the Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands, Commander Islands, and the Alaska Peninsula (in Aleut Alaxsxa, the origin of the state name Alaska). [4] Aleut is the sole language in the Aleut branch of the Eskimo–Aleut language family.
In the Aleut language, they are known by the endonyms Unangan (eastern dialect) and Unangas (western dialect); both terms mean "people". [a] The Russian term "Aleut" was a general term used for both the native population of the Aleutian Islands and their neighbors to the east in the Kodiak Archipelago, who were also referred to as "Pacific Eskimos" or Sugpiat/Alutiit.
The Aleut branch consists of a single language, Aleut, spoken in the Aleutian Islands and the Pribilof Islands. Aleut is divided into several dialects . The Eskimoan languages are divided into two branches: the Yupik languages , spoken in western and southwestern Alaska and in Chukotka, and the Inuit languages , spoken in northern Alaska ...
Salmon drying. Alutiiq village, Old Harbor, Kodiak Island.Photographed by N. B. Miller, 1889. The Alutiiq (pronounced / ə ˈ l uː t ɪ k / ə-LOO-tik in English; from Promyshlenniki Russian Алеутъ, "Aleut"; [1] [2] [3] plural often "Alutiit"), also called by their ancestral name Sugpiaq (/ ˈ s ʊ ɡ ˌ b j ɑː k / SUUG-byahk or / ˈ s ʊ ɡ p i ˌ æ k / SUUG-pee-AK; plural often ...
De with breve (Д̆ д̆; italics: Д̆ д̆) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.Its form is derived from the Cyrillic De (Д д) by adding a breve.. De with breve is used in the Aleut language (Bering dialect), [1] where it represents the voiced dental fricative /ð/, like the pronunciation of th in English “they” /ðeɪ/.
The term "Aleut", commonly pronounced "Alley-youte" in my experience, is an appropriate word describing the indigenous peoples of the Aleutian chain. At the offices of The Aleut Corporation, the Regional ANCSA Corporation, the receptionist pronounces the word each time she gets a call from an Aleut shareholder, a certified descendant of the Aleuts.
Aleut, Alutiiq, Sugpiaq, Russian, Pacific Eskimo, Unegkuhmiut, and Chugach Eskimo are among the terms that have been used to identify this group of Native people living on the Lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. About 400 of the Alutiiq population of 3,000 still speak the Alutiiq language. Alutiiq communities are currently in the process of ...
to hear -tsiaq- well -junnaq- be able to -nngit- not -tualuu- very much -junga 1SG. PRES. IND. NSP tusaa- -tsiaq- -junnaq- -nngit- -tualuu- -junga {to hear} well {be able to} not {very much} 1SG.PRES.IND. NSP I cannot hear very well. This sort of word construction is pervasive in the Inuit languages and makes them very unlike English. In one large Canadian corpus – the Nunavut Hansard – 92 ...