Eskimo-Aleut family

Iñupiaq

c. 1300 CE – today Living

Iñupiaq (c. 1300 CE – today) is a living Eskimo-Aleut language. Lineage: Proto-Eskimo-Aleut → Proto-Eskimo → Proto-Inuit → Iñupiaq.

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Speakers
2K (2,000)
ISO 639-3
ipk

Alaskan Inuit, spoken on Alaska's North Slope and the Seward Peninsula.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Eskimo-Aleutc. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Eskimoc. 500 BCE – 800 CE
  3. Proto-Inuitc. 1000 CE – 1300 CE
  4. Iñupiaqc. 1300 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Inuit.

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