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Fortescue, Michael, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This dictionary covers 10 Eskimo dialects (Alutiiq, Central Alaskan Yupik, Naukan, Central Siberian Yupik, Sirenik, Seward Peninsula Inuit, North Alaskan Inuit, Western Canadian Inuit, Eastern Canadian Inuit, Greenlandic Inuit). An introductory section details the classification of languages and dialects and their phonologies, and discusses the…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dictionaries, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Geographic Distribution
MacLean, Edna Ahgeak – 1981
This dictionary is designed for students of the Inupiaq language, a form of Inuit spoken in Alaska. The dictionary has three main sections. The first contains Inupiaq noun and verb stems with English translations, the second contains Inupiaq postbases with English translations, and the third has English words with Inupiaq translations. There are…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, English, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Grammar
Bergsland, Knut, Ed. – 1998
An analysis of Aleut personal names is presented, derived from census data obtained during a 1790-1792 scientific expedition to the Aleutian Islands. The census contained about 1,500 different Aleut male names from 66 villages, listed alphabetically and interpreted here. Some identifiable female names are also included. The work also provides…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Family (Sociological Unit), Females
Jacobson, Steven A., Ed. – 1984
This dictionary covers the Central Yup'ik Eskimo language spoken in southwestern Alaska. An introductory section provides notes on Yup'ik phonology and orthography, outlines the volume's format, discusses several special issues in translation and phonology, and describes a number of dialects. The main section of the dictionary lists base words,…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Geographic Distribution, Grammar
Bergsland, Knut, Comp. – 1994
This comprehensive dictionary draws on ethnographic and linguistic work of the Aleut language and culture dating to 1745. An introductory section explains the dictionary's format, offers a brief historical survey, and contains notes on Aleut phonology and orthography, dialectal differences and developments, Eskimo-Aleut phonological…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dictionaries
