Eskimo–Aleut languages

E15723
indigenous language family language family

Eskimo–Aleut languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken across the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Siberia, known for their polysynthetic structure and complex morphology.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Eskimo–Aleut languages canonical 37
Eskimo–Aleut 14
Eskimo–Aleut language family 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
characterizedBy agglutinative features ⓘ
complex morphology ⓘ
incorporation of nouns into verbs ⓘ
large number of morphemes per word ⓘ
polysynthesis ⓘ
rich derivational morphology ⓘ
ethnicGroup Aleut ⓘ
surface form: Aleut people

Inuit ⓘ
Yupik ⓘ
geographicDistribution Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Circumpolar Arctic

North America ⓘ
North Asia ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Asia
hasFeature ergative alignment in many members ⓘ
extensive case systems ⓘ
few basic lexical roots compared to derived forms ⓘ
productive derivational suffixes ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking in many members ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ
suffixing ⓘ
hasPart Aleut ⓘ
surface form: Aleut language

Eskimo–Aleut languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eskimo languages
hasSubfamily Aleut ⓘ
surface form: Aleut language

Inuit languages ⓘ
Yupik ⓘ
surface form: Yupik languages
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ
majorLanguage Aleut ⓘ
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
surface form: Central Alaskan Yupik

Kalaallisut ⓘ
surface form: Greenlandic

Inuktitut ⓘ
Naukan Yupik ⓘ
surface form: Siberian Yupik
notGeneticallyRelatedTo Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Uralic languages ⓘ
recognizedIn Alaska ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Chukchi Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Bering Strait region
spokenIn Alaska ⓘ
Arctic region ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
subclassOf natural language family ⓘ
usedBy Arctic indigenous peoples ⓘ
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

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

Inupiaq → subclassOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Inupiaq → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Central Alaskan Yup’ik → subclassOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language
Central Alaskan Yup’ik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Alutiiq → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Aleut → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
Inuit → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Inuktitut → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of North America → hasLanguageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Eskimo–Aleut languages → hasPart → Eskimo–Aleut languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo languages
Nunivak Cup’ig → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Yugtun → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Hooper Bay–Chevak → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Hooper Bay–Chevak → hasAncestor → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Eskimo
Hooper Bay–Chevak → hasAncestor → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
Egegik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Chevak → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Chevak → hasAncestor → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
Indigenous languages of Canada → hasType → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuit-Yupik-Unangan languages
Sugpiaq people → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Sugpiaq → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Pacific Gulf Yupik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Naukan Yupik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Kalaallisut → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Inuktun → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Alaska Natives → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Unangan → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Inuvialuktun → partOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
Inuvialuktun → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Unangas → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Yupik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Thule Inuit → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Labrador Inuttitut → partOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
Labrador Inuttitut → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Aivilimmiutut → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Aivilimmiutut → hasAncestor → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
Inuinnaqtun → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Deering → indigenousLanguageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Deering, Alaska
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic → haveLanguageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Inuit languages → subclassOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo languages
Inuit languages → partOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
Inuit languages → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Cup’ig dialect → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
Nunivak Cupik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Cup’ig people → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Egegik people → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Hooper Bay–Chevak dialect → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Lyle Campbell → fieldOfWork → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo-Aleut languages
Chevak Yup’ik → partOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
Chevak Yup’ik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut