Eskimo-Aleut language family
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
language family
|
| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Eskaleut_languages
|
| gptkbp:branch |
gptkb:Aleut_language
gptkb:Eskimo_languages |
| gptkbp:class |
one of the world's primary language families
|
| gptkbp:firstDescribed |
gptkb:Rasmus_Rask
|
| gptkbp:glottologCode |
eski1261
|
| gptkbp:hasLanguage |
gptkb:Inuktitut
gptkb:Sirenik gptkb:Yupik_languages Indigenous people |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Eskimo-Aleut language family
|
| gptkbp:ISO639-3 |
esx
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
agglutinative morphology
polysynthetic structure |
| gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers |
about 100,000
|
| gptkbp:origin |
gptkb:prehistoric_Beringia
|
| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Arctic
Subarctic |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
no known close relatives
|
| gptkbp:spokenIn |
gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Canada gptkb:Greenland gptkb:Siberia |
| gptkbp:status |
endangered (some languages)
|
| gptkbp:writingSystem |
gptkb:Inuktitut_syllabics
gptkb:Latin_script gptkb:Cyrillic_script |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Proto-Eskimo
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
|