Aleut language
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The Aleut language is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language traditionally spoken by the Aleut people of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and parts of Russia, now considered endangered.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aleut language canonical | 3 |
| Attuan Aleut | 1 |
| Unangam Tunuu (Aleut) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6620459 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aleut language Context triple: [Atka Island, hasLanguage, Aleut language]
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A.
Alutiiq
Alutiiq is an Indigenous language of the Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people of south-central coastal Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding regions.
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B.
Chukchi language
The Chukchi language is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken by the Indigenous Chukchi people of northeastern Siberia, Russia.
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C.
Inupiaq
Inupiaq is an Indigenous Inuit language spoken by the Inupiat people of northern and northwestern Alaska and parts of Arctic Canada.
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D.
Tlingit
Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.
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E.
Dena’ina language
The Dena’ina language is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Dena’ina people of south-central Alaska, including the Cook Inlet region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aleut language Target entity description: The Aleut language is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language traditionally spoken by the Aleut people of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and parts of Russia, now considered endangered.
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A.
Alutiiq
Alutiiq is an Indigenous language of the Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people of south-central coastal Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding regions.
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B.
Chukchi language
The Chukchi language is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken by the Indigenous Chukchi people of northeastern Siberia, Russia.
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C.
Inupiaq
Inupiaq is an Indigenous Inuit language spoken by the Inupiat people of northern and northwestern Alaska and parts of Arctic Canada.
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D.
Tlingit
Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.
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E.
Dena’ina language
The Dena’ina language is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Dena’ina people of south-central Alaska, including the Cook Inlet region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eskimo–Aleut language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Aleutic
ⓘ
Unangan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Unangax̂ language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Inuit languages
ⓘ
Yupik languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
linguist Georg von der Gabelentz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
linguist Knut Bergsland ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Aleut people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Eskimo–Aleut language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | reduced nominal case system compared to Eskimo languages ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Atkan Aleut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Attuan Aleut NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Aleut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | aleu1260 ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalCategory |
absolutive-like case
ⓘ
relative-like case ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ |
| hasNumberCategory |
dual
ⓘ
plural ⓘ singular ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
relatively small consonant inventory
ⓘ
vowel length distinction ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-1 | (none) ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-2 | ale ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | ale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | Unangam tunuu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Inuit languages
ⓘ
Yupik languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Bering Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alaska
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aleutian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subfamilyOf | Eskimo–Aleut language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentation projects
ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Aleut communities in Alaska
ⓘ
Aleut communities in Russia ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Cyrillic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aleut language Description of subject: The Aleut language is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language traditionally spoken by the Aleut people of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and parts of Russia, now considered endangered.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Unangam Tunuu (Aleut)
this entity surface form:
Attuan Aleut