Aleut language

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The Aleut language is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language traditionally spoken by the Aleut people of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and parts of Russia, now considered endangered.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Aleut language canonical 5
Attuan Aleut 2
Unangam Tunuu (Aleut language) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eskimo–Aleut language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeName Aleutic ⓘ
Unangan language ⓘ
Unangax̂ language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Inuit languages ⓘ
Yupik languages ⓘ
linked to: Gulf Yupik language
documentedBy linguist Georg von der Gabelentz ⓘ
linguist Knut Bergsland ⓘ
endangermentStatus severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup Aleut people ⓘ
linked to: Aleut
family Eskimo–Aleut language family ⓘ
hasCaseSystem reduced nominal case system compared to Eskimo languages ⓘ
hasDialect Atkan Aleut ⓘ
linked to: Aleut

Attuan Aleut ⓘ
linked to: Aleut language

Eastern Aleut ⓘ
linked to: Aleut
hasGlottocode aleu1260 ⓘ
hasGrammaticalCategory absolutive-like case ⓘ
relative-like case ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ
hasNumberCategory dual ⓘ
plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature relatively small consonant inventory ⓘ
vowel length distinction ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature relatively free word order ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-1 (none) ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-2 ale ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 ale ⓘ
nativeName Unangam tunuu ⓘ
linked to: Unangam Tunuu
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Inuit languages ⓘ
Yupik languages ⓘ
region Bering Sea ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
spokenIn Alaska ⓘ
Aleutian Islands ⓘ
Commander Islands ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
subfamilyOf Eskimo–Aleut language family ⓘ
subjectOf documentation projects ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ
usedBy Aleut communities in Alaska ⓘ
Aleut communities in Russia ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atka Island → hasLanguage → Aleut language ⓘ
Unangam Tunuu → alternateName → Unangam Tunuu (Aleut) ⓘ
linked to: Aleut language
Unangam Tunuu → hasDialect → Attuan Aleut ⓘ
linked to: Aleut language
Unalaska → indigenousLanguage → Unangam Tunuu (Aleut language) ⓘ
linked to: Aleut language
Aleut language → hasDialect → Attuan Aleut ⓘ
linked to: Aleut language
Ivan Veniaminov → languageWritten → Aleut language ⓘ