Alutiiq

E8487

Eskimo–Aleut language Indigenous language language

Alutiiq is an Indigenous language of the Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people of south-central coastal Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding regions.

Aliases (5)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eskimo–Aleut language → Indigenous language → language →
alternativeName	Pacific Gulf Yupik → Sugpiaq → Alutiiq → surface form: "Sugpiaq language"
basicWordOrder	SOV →
closelyRelatedTo	Central Alaskan Yup’ik → surface form: "Central Alaskan Yupʼik" Naukan Yupik →
ethnicGroup	Alutiiq → surface form: "Alutiiq people" Sugpiaq people →
hasDialect	Alutiiq → surface form: "Chugach Alutiiq" Alutiiq → surface form: "Koniag 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	Central Alaskan Yup’ik → surface form: "Yupik"
languageFamily	Eskimo–Aleut languages → surface form: "Eskimo–Aleut"
region	Gulf of Alaska → Kodiak Island → surface form: "Kodiak Archipelago" Cook Inlet → surface form: "Lower Cook Inlet" Prince William Sound → surface form: "Prince William Sound region"
revitalizationEffort	community language classes → dictionary projects → immersion programs → orthography standardization →
spokenIn	Alaska → Southcentral Alaska → surface form: "Kenai Peninsula" Kodiak Island → Prince William Sound → United States of America → surface form: "United States" south-central coastal Alaska →
status	endangered language →
subclassOf	Yugtun → surface form: "Yupik language"
usedBy	Alutiiq communities →
usedIn	ceremonies → cultural education → songs → traditional stories →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (23)

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

Sugpiaq people → alsoKnownAs → Alutiiq →

Alutiiq → alternativeName → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Sugpiaq language"

Yugtun → closelyRelatedTo → Alutiiq →

Pacific Gulf Yupik → distinctFrom → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Alutiiq language"

Alutiiq → ethnicGroup → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Alutiiq people"

Sugpiaq → hasAlternativeName → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Koniag Alutiiq"

Alutiiq → hasDialect → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Koniag Alutiiq"

Alutiiq → hasDialect → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Chugach Alutiiq"

Kodiak Island → hasIndigenousLanguage → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Alutiiq language"

Kodiak Island → hasIndigenousPeople → Alutiiq →

Prince William Sound → hasIndigenousPeople → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Chugach Alutiiq"

Alaska Natives → hasSubgroup → Alutiiq →

Yupik → hasSubgroup → Alutiiq →

Alaska Natives → includesLanguage → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Alutiiq language"

southwestern Alaska → indigenousPeople → Alutiiq →

subject surface form: "Southwestern Alaska"

Sugpiaq → language → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Alutiiq language"

Sugpiaq people → language → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Alutiiq language"

Alaska → recognizedIndigenousLanguages → Alutiiq →

Naukan Yupik → relatedEthnicGroup → Alutiiq →

Unangan → relatedEthnicGroup → Alutiiq →

Pacific Gulf Yupik → relatedTo → Alutiiq →

Yupik → speaks → Alutiiq →

this entity surface form: "Alutiiq language"