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  Aleut language, alphabet and pronunciation
Aleut is a member of the Eskimo-Aleut language family and is spoken by about 300 people in Alsaka and Siberian Commander Islands.
During the 19th century, when Alaska was part of Russia, Aleut was written with a version of the Cyrillic alphabet by a Russian Orthodox priest, Ioann Veniaminov (1797-1879), who was later made a saint - Saint Innocent of Alaska.
The Latin orthography for Aleut was developed during the second half of the 20th century by Knut Bergsland who worked with William Dirks Sr., Moses Dirks, and other Aleut speakers.
www.omniglot.com /writing/aleut.htm   (191 words)

  
 Alaska Native Languages -- Aleut
Aleut is one branch of the Eskimo-Aleut language family.
Aleut is a single language divided at Atka Island into the Eastern and the Western dialects.
Although the early Russian fur trade was exploitative and detrimental to the Aleut population as a whole, linguists working through the Russian Orthodox Church made great advances in literacy and helped foster a society that grew to be remarkably bilingual in Russian and Aleut.
www.uaf.edu /anlc/langs/al.html   (289 words)

  
 Eskimo-Aleut Language Family
Languages of the World is brought to you by the National Virtual Translation Center.
In Canada, Inuktitut is recognized as the official language of Nunavut Territory (along with English and French) and the Northwest Territories (along with English, French, and several other indigenous languages).
All Eskimo-Aleut languages are polysynthetic, i.e., grammatical functions are represented by numerous suffixes attached to roots and stems.
www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/october/EskimoAleut.html   (989 words)

  
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 The Aleut Corporation Aleut Culture
The Aleut Region starts in the east at Sand Point and stretch's over a thousand miles along the Aleutian Chain to Attu in the west, and to the Pribilofs to the north.
The Aleuts of Akutan hunted whale, hunting whale was most noble of all Aleut hunts and took place for only for the most fearless of the Aleut hunters.
The Aleut or Unangan (Eastern and Attuan) and Unangas (Atkan or Western) language was spoken by the Unangan/Unangas people before the Russian fur traders and Scandinavian fishermen came to the Aleutians.
www.aleutcorp.com /Culture.html   (1301 words)

  
 Definition of Aleut language
Aleut is alone with Eskimo in the Eskimo-Aleut group.
The first recording of the Aleut language in lexicon form appeared in a word list of the Unalaskan dialect compiled by Captain James King on Cook's voyage in 1778.
In Catherine the Great's project to compile a giant comparative dictionary on all the languages spoken in what was the spread of the Russian empire at that time, she hired Peter Simon Pallas to conduct the fieldwork that would collect linguistic information on Aleut.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Aleut_language   (827 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for language code:ale
Copper Island Aleut is a mixed Aleut-Russian language, or pidgin, spoken on Mednyj Island.
Aleut is taught in school until the fourth grade.
From 1820 to 1840 dozens of Aleut families were brought from various islands to the Komandor Islands.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=ale   (169 words)

  
 Alaska Native Language Center
Established in 1972 by state legislation as a center for documentation and cultivation of the state's 20 Native languages.
In terms of breadth of subjects, technical specificity and dialect coverage, this is the most refined topical lexicon for an Alaska Native language as well as for a language of the Athabascan family.
It is a master reference from which academic linguists may further examine the relationship of Haida to other language families, and educators may develop teaching materials for classrooms at every level.
www.uaf.edu /anlc   (441 words)

  
 Aleut Story
I think the context that explains the Aleut episode after the invasion of the Japanese and the bombing of Dutch Harbor—I think what explains all of that is racism.
Assuming Aleuts were of low moral character, government doctors required all females, twelve years of age and older, to undergo physical examinations for venereal disease.
In 1951, Aleuts from the Pribilof Islands filed a precedent-setting claim against the United States government for gross mistreatment between the years 1870 and 1946.
www.aleutstory.tv /flm_trnscrpt.html   (9072 words)

  
 The Aleut Corporation Aleutian Current Aleut Language
The teacher or student runs the card through the card reader to hear the Aleut word or phrase and can also record and then hear their own pronunciation of each word to see if they are saying the word correctly.
In addition to the projects administered through the ANA language grant, A/PIA also coordinates language classes for the Sand Point Culture Camp, provides translations upon request, acts as a liaison between linguists, anthropologists and/or historians studying the Aleut culture and repatriation, and manages the Aleut Heritage Library and Archive.
Millie McKeown, the Cultural Heritage Director is a director on The Aleut Foundation board and also sits on the Alaska Association of Bilingual Education board as a representative of the Aleutian region.
www.aleutcorp.com /newsletter/march2007/aleutlanguage.htm   (738 words)

  
 Alaskan Orthodox texts (Aleut, Alutiiq, Tlingit, Yup'ik)
Also included are selected liturgical hymns in the Aleut, Tlingit, and Yup'ik languages.
Many thanks also to Father Paul Merculief, Father Michael Oleksa, and to the staff at the Alaska State Library for their continual availability for linguistic consultation.
Many thanks to the following organizations for their goodwill and moral support: KUHB 91.9 FM (Pribilofs), KNBA 90.3 FM (Anchorage), Aleut Story - The Film, The Aleut Corporation, Ounalashka Corporation, Alutiiq Musuem, Mayor Alvin Merculief's MystyIsles.net, Andrew Malavansky's St.
www.asna.ca /alaska   (1280 words)

  
 Learn Aleut, Aleut Windows, Aleut Office, Aleut Software, Aleut Dictionary, Aleut Translation, Aleut Keyboards, Aleut ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Aleut is spoken by about 1,000 people in the Aleutian Islands and by a few hundred more on the Commander Islands, which belong to Russia.
It is related to Eskimo but only distantly, the two languages being in no way mutually intelligible.
The first alphabet for the Aleut language was developed by a Russian missionary about 1825 and was based on the Cyrillic alphabet.
www.worldlanguage.com /Languages/Aleut.htm   (181 words)

  
 Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Aleut Language Inspires Names for Newly Discovered Fish Species
NOAA Fisheries scientists have found four new species of fish in the Aleutian Islands, and have named them using Aleut words.
A native speaker and linguist worked with local elders to determine if there were already any Aleut names for these kinds of fish, then helped suggest names and offer translations of descriptive terms suggested by NOAA's scientists.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/InNews/fishnews1472006.htm   (112 words)

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