Also Known As:
Unangan, Unangam Tunuu, алеутский язык, Унáҥам Тунý, Унаңан, Unanghan, Amara, Aleutian, Ungangan, Unangany, アレウト語, アリュート語
Dialects & Varieties
- dialects: Attu (Western)
- Atka and Unalaska (Eastern). The present-day Aleuts are bilingual. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
- 2008)
North America
Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150-160
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
2,200
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
USA, Alaska
Location Description
Indigenous to the Aleutian Islands, the Pribilof Islands, and the Alaska Peninsula west of Stepovak
Bay.
Government Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
A list of sea lion parts in (Western) Aleut and English translations.
This deposit consists of audio and video recordings of speakers of Unangam Tunuu (Aleut language), s
Language Aleut (Western). ale_western_word-list_1996_01.html, entries: 36 - 56