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.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Eskimo–Aleut 10
Eskimo–Aleut language family 3
Proto-Eskimo–Aleut 3
Eskimo languages 1
Eskimo–Aleut language 1
Inuit-Yupik-Unangan languages 1
Proto-Eskimo 1

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 (37)

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

Aivilimmiutut → hasAncestor → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
Chevak → hasAncestor → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-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
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
Indigenous languages of Canada → hasType → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuit-Yupik-Unangan languages
Aivilimmiutut → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Alaska Natives → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Aleut → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
Alutiiq → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Central Alaskan Yup’ik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Chevak → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Egegik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Hooper Bay–Chevak → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Inuinnaqtun → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Inuit → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Inuktitut → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Inuktun → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Inupiaq → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Inuvialuktun → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Kalaallisut → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Labrador Inuttitut → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Naukan Yupik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Nunivak Cup’ig → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Pacific Gulf Yupik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Sugpiaq → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Sugpiaq people → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Thule Inuit → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Unangan → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Unangas → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Yugtun → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
Yupik → languageFamily → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Inuvialuktun → partOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
Labrador Inuttitut → partOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
Central Alaskan Yup’ik → subclassOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language
Inupiaq → subclassOf → Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ