Alutiiq

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eskimo–Aleut language
Indigenous language
language
alternativeName Pacific Gulf Yupik
Sugpiaq
Alutiiq
surface form: Sugpiaq language
basicWordOrder SOV
closelyRelatedTo Central Alaskan Yup’ik
surface form: Central Alaskan Yupʼik

Naukan Yupik
ethnicGroup Alutiiq self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alutiiq people

Sugpiaq people
hasDialect Alutiiq self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chugach Alutiiq

Alutiiq self-linksurface differs
surface form: Koniag Alutiiq
hasLinguisticFeature case marking on nouns
derivational suffixes
rich verbal morphology
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
polysynthetic
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast
uvular consonants
vowel length contrast
ISO639-3 ems
languageBranch Central Alaskan Yup’ik
surface form: Yupik
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
region Gulf of Alaska
Kodiak Island
surface form: Kodiak Archipelago

Cook Inlet
surface form: Lower Cook Inlet

Prince William Sound
surface form: Prince William Sound region
revitalizationEffort community language classes
dictionary projects
immersion programs
orthography standardization
spokenIn Alaska
Southcentral Alaska
surface form: Kenai Peninsula

Kodiak Island
Prince William Sound
United States of America
surface form: United States

south-central coastal Alaska
status endangered language
subclassOf Yugtun
surface form: Yupik language
usedBy Alutiiq communities
usedIn ceremonies
cultural education
songs
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin script

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Alutiiq ethnicGroup Alutiiq self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Alutiiq alternativeName Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Sugpiaq language
Alutiiq hasDialect Alutiiq self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Koniag Alutiiq
Alutiiq hasDialect Alutiiq self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chugach Alutiiq
southwestern Alaska indigenousPeople Alutiiq
subject surface form: Southwestern Alaska
Yugtun closelyRelatedTo Alutiiq
Kodiak Island hasIndigenousLanguage Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Sugpiaq people alsoKnownAs Alutiiq
Sugpiaq people language Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Prince William Sound hasIndigenousPeople Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Chugach Alutiiq
Sugpiaq hasAlternativeName Alutiiq
Sugpiaq hasAlternativeName Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Koniag Alutiiq
Sugpiaq language Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Pacific Gulf Yupik relatedTo Alutiiq
Pacific Gulf Yupik distinctFrom Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Alutiiq
Alaska Natives includesLanguage Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Unangan relatedEthnicGroup Alutiiq
Yupik speaks Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Yupik hasSubgroup Alutiiq
Eyak relatedEthnicGroup Alutiiq
Perryville traditionalLanguage Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Kodiak Archipelago languageRegion Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Port Lions languageUsed Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Ouzinkie indigenousGroup Alutiiq
Alutiiq Museum focusesOn Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Alutiiq Museum languageOfFocus Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Akhiok ethnicGroup Alutiiq
Akhiok primaryLanguageHistorically Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Tatitlek hasLanguageHeritage Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Chenega hasLanguage Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Chenega hasIndigenousGroup Alutiiq
Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq partOf Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq (Sugpiaq)
Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq hasLanguage Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq relatedEthnicGroup Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Kodiak Alutiiq
Larsen Bay languageHeritage Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Old Harbor ethnicHeritage Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq (Sugpiaq)
Old Harbor languageCommunity Alutiiq
this entity surface form: Alutiiq language
Yupiit traditionalLanguage Alutiiq