Alutiiq

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Alutiiq is an Indigenous language of the Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people of south-central coastal Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding regions.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eskimo–Aleut language
Indigenous language
language
alternativeName Pacific Gulf Yupik
Sugpiaq
Sugpiaq language
linked to: Alutiiq
basicWordOrder SOV
closelyRelatedTo Central Alaskan Yupʼik
Naukan Yupik
ethnicGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Alutiiq

Sugpiaq people
hasDialect Chugach Alutiiq
linked to: Alutiiq

Koniag Alutiiq
linked to: Alutiiq
hasLinguisticFeature case marking on nouns
derivational suffixes
rich verbal morphology
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
polysynthetic
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast
uvular consonants
vowel length contrast
ISO639-3 ems
languageBranch Yupik
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut
region Gulf of Alaska
Kodiak Archipelago
linked to: Kodiak Island

Lower Cook Inlet
linked to: Cook Inlet

Prince William Sound region
revitalizationEffort community language classes
dictionary projects
immersion programs
orthography standardization
spokenIn Alaska
Kenai Peninsula
linked to: Southcentral Alaska

Kodiak Island
Prince William Sound
United States
south-central coastal Alaska
status endangered language
subclassOf Yupik language
linked to: Yugtun
usedBy Alutiiq communities
usedIn ceremonies
cultural education
songs
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin script

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Alutiiq ethnicGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Alutiiq
Alutiiq alternativeName Sugpiaq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Alutiiq hasDialect Koniag Alutiiq
linked to: Alutiiq
Alutiiq hasDialect Chugach Alutiiq
linked to: Alutiiq
Southwestern Alaska indigenousPeople Alutiiq
subject linked to: southwestern Alaska
Yugtun closelyRelatedTo Alutiiq
Kodiak Island hasIndigenousLanguage Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Sugpiaq people alsoKnownAs Alutiiq
Sugpiaq people language Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Prince William Sound hasIndigenousPeople Chugach Alutiiq
linked to: Alutiiq
Sugpiaq hasAlternativeName Alutiiq
Sugpiaq hasAlternativeName Koniag Alutiiq
linked to: Alutiiq
Sugpiaq language Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Pacific Gulf Yupik relatedTo Alutiiq
Pacific Gulf Yupik distinctFrom Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Alutiiq
Alaska Natives includesLanguage Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Unangan relatedEthnicGroup Alutiiq
Yupik speaks Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Yupik hasSubgroup Alutiiq
Eyak relatedEthnicGroup Alutiiq
Perryville traditionalLanguage Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Kodiak Archipelago languageRegion Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Port Lions languageUsed Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Ouzinkie indigenousGroup Alutiiq
Alutiiq Museum focusesOn Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Alutiiq Museum languageOfFocus Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Akhiok ethnicGroup Alutiiq
Akhiok primaryLanguageHistorically Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Tatitlek hasLanguageHeritage Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Chenega hasLanguage Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Chenega hasIndigenousGroup Alutiiq
Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq partOf Alutiiq (Sugpiaq)
linked to: Alutiiq
Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq hasLanguage Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq relatedEthnicGroup Kodiak Alutiiq
linked to: Alutiiq
Larsen Bay languageHeritage Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Old Harbor ethnicHeritage Alutiiq (Sugpiaq)
linked to: Alutiiq
Old Harbor languageCommunity Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
Yupiit traditionalLanguage Alutiiq