Eskimo-Aleut family

Aleut

1500 CE – today Living

Aleut (1500 CE – today) is a living Eskimo-Aleut language. Lineage: Proto-Eskimo-Aleut → Aleut.

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ISO 639-3
ale
Glottocode
aleu1260

Unangam Tunuu, the sole member of the Aleut branch. Spoken in the Aleutian, Pribilof and Commander Islands; critically endangered.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Eskimo-Aleutc. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  2. Aleut1500 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut.

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