Alutiiq
E8487
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)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alutiiq canonical | 28 |
| Alutiiq language | 20 |
| Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) | 2 |
| Chugach Alutiiq | 2 |
| Koniag Alutiiq | 2 |
| Alutiiq culture | 1 |
| Alutiiq people | 1 |
| Kodiak Alutiiq | 1 |
| Sugpiaq language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45386 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Alutiiq Context triple: [Alaska, recognizedIndigenousLanguages, Alutiiq]
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A.
Inupiaq
Inupiaq is an Indigenous Inuit language spoken by the Inupiat people of northern and northwestern Alaska and parts of Arctic Canada.
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B.
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
Central Alaskan Yup’ik is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by the Yup’ik people of western and southwestern Alaska.
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C.
Aymara
Aymara is an indigenous language spoken primarily by the Aymara people of the central Andes in countries such as Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.
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D.
Taíno
The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
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E.
Anchorage
Anchorage is a major Alaskan city known as a key economic, transportation, and cultural hub for the state and the broader Arctic region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alutiiq Target entity description: Alutiiq is an Indigenous language of the Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people of south-central coastal Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding regions.
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A.
Inupiaq
Inupiaq is an Indigenous Inuit language spoken by the Inupiat people of northern and northwestern Alaska and parts of Arctic Canada.
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B.
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
Central Alaskan Yup’ik is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by the Yup’ik people of western and southwestern Alaska.
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C.
Aymara
Aymara is an indigenous language spoken primarily by the Aymara people of the central Andes in countries such as Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.
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D.
Taíno
The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
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E.
Anchorage
Anchorage is a major Alaskan city known as a key economic, transportation, and cultural hub for the state and the broader Arctic region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| 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
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
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
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
|
| languageFamily |
Eskimo–Aleut
ⓘ
linked to:
Eskimo–Aleut languages
|
| region |
Gulf of Alaska
ⓘ
Kodiak Archipelago ⓘ
linked to:
Kodiak Island
Lower Cook Inlet ⓘ
linked to:
Cook Inlet
Prince William Sound region ⓘ
linked to:
Prince William Sound
|
| 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 ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Alutiiq Description of subject: Alutiiq is an Indigenous language of the Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people of south-central coastal Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding regions.
Referenced by (58)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.