Eskimo-Aleutn.adj.
/ˌɛskᵻməʊ ˈaljuːt/, /ˌɛskᵻməʊ ˈalɪuːt/, /ˌɛskᵻməʊ əˈl(j)uːt/, U.S. /ˌɛskəˌmoʊ əˈlut/, /ˌɛskəˌmoʊ ˈæliˌut/ A. n.
A language family comprising the Eskimo languages and the Aleut language. Cf. Eskimo-Aleutian n.
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Greenlandish1767
Eskimo1819
Greenlandic1820
husky1864
Aleut1872
Inuk1884
Inuit1901
Yuit1909
Eskimo-Aleut1913
Inupiaq1947
Inupik1951
Yupik1951
Yuk1962
Inuktitut1974
1913 B. Pick Translations of Bible 20 Eskimo-Aleut, used in the Aleutian islands, N. W. America, the Gospel of Matthew.
1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. xiii. 374 Eskimo-Aleut has been regarded by highly competent authorities as ultimately cognate with Altaic.
1986 R. B. Morrison & C. R. Wilson Native Peoples ii. 33 A link has been proposed between Eskimo-Aleut and the Chokutan languages of Siberia.
2008 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 37 135/1 Other components of this macrofamily would include Uralic, Chukotko-Kamchatkan, and Eskimo-Aleut.
B. adj.
Of or relating to this language family or its speakers.
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Inuit1862
Yuit1881
Eskimo-Aleutian1936
Eskimo-Aleut1947
Inupiaq1947
Inupik1951
Yupik1951
Inuktitut1976
1947 F. de Laguna Prehist. Northern N. Amer. as seen from Yukon Introd. 4/2 Aleut is a separate language in the Eskimo-Aleut stock.
1986 K. Katzner Langs. of World (rev. ed.) i. 28 The Eskimo-Aleut languages number exactly two—Eskimo and Aleut.
1992 New Scientist 22 Feb. 16/1 There had been just three migrations: two were recent, forming the Eskimo-Aleut and Nadene populations.
2016 Langley (Brit. Columbia) Advance (Nexis) 15 Dec. (Final ed.) Many so-called Eskimo-Aleut vocabularies initially confused Western anthropologists because they use suffixes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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