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Aleut ( / ˈæliuːt, əˈluːt / AL-ee-oot, ə-LOOT) 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 ...
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.
Eskaleut languages are spoken in Russia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. The Eskaleut ( / ɛˈskæliuːt / e-SKAL-ee-oot ), Eskimo–Aleut or Inuit–Yupik–Unangan languages are a language family native to the northern portions of the North American continent, and a small part of northeastern Asia. Languages in the family are indigenous to ...
Mednyj Aleut (also called Copper Island Creole or Copper Island Aleut [3]) is an extinct mixed language spoken on Bering Island. Mednyj Aleut is characterized by a blending of Russian and Aleut (primarily Attu) elements in most components of the grammar, but most profoundly in the verbal morphology. [3]
The Aleut language is one of the two main branches of the Eskimo–Aleut language family. This family is not known to be related to any others. This family is not known to be related to any others. The 2000 U.S. Census recorded a population of 8,162 on the islands, of whom 4,283 were living in the main settlement of Unalaska.
Proto-Eskaleut language. 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.
At present, the most commonly used title is Alutiiq (singular), Alutiik (dual), Alutiit (plural). These terms derive from the names ( Алеутъ, Aleut) that Russian fur traders and settlers gave to the native people in the region. [6] Russian occupation began in 1784, following their massacre of hundreds of Sugpiat at Refuge Rock ( Awa'uq ...
This was published first in 1840, and later 1896. Mark, Luke, and John were translated into Atkan Aleut in 1861 by Fr. Laurence Salamatov. They were not published. Fr. Innocent Shayashnikov translated Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts into Eastern Aleut in 1872. They were published between 1902 and 1903. More recently, the first few verses of ...