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Eskimo-Aleut language

Eskimo-Aleut language

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A family of languages spoken in the Arctic regions of North America and Siberia, like Inuit and Aleut
  • noun
  • /ˈɛskɪmoʊ əˈluːt ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
  • Offensive
translation icon : familia esquimo-aleutiana (ofensivo)
  • Linguists have studied the history and structure of the Eskimo-Aleut language family for decades.

Examples

  • Efforts are underway to document endangered dialects within the Eskimo-Aleut language family.

  • Many indigenous people speak the Eskimo-Aleut languages fluently.

  • The Eskimo-Aleut language family is distinct from the Indo-European languages spoken in Europe.

  • The Eskimo-Aleut language family includes several dialects.

  • Efforts are underway to document endangered dialects within the Eskimo-Aleut language family.

  • Linguists have studied the history and structure of the Eskimo-Aleut language family for decades.

  • The Eskimo-Aleut language family includes several dialects.

Synonyms

Eskimo-Aleut
vsEskimo-Aleut language
  • Offensive
9.9

A group of related languages including Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut spoken in Arctic North America and Siberia

is the same meaning but uses the explicit term for languages

Surface Forms

Eskimo-Aleut language singular
Eskimo-Aleut languages plural

Morphology

Eskimo-Aleut + language

This is a compositional noun phrase: 'Eskimo-Aleut' names two ethnolinguistic groups and 'language' signals a system of speech, so a learner who knows the proper names and 'language' can infer it denotes the languages/family associated with those groups. The formation follows regular naming patterns for language families and is therefore directly interpretable from its constituents.

Etymology

Eskimo-Aleut language is named after the two groups who speak these languages: Eskimo (the Inuit and Yupik) and Aleut, people from the Arctic. So, the term means 'a family of languages spoken by those Arctic peoples'.