Also Known As:
Unangan, Unangam Tunuu, алеутский язык, Унáҥам Тунý, Унаңан, Unanghan, Amara, Aleutian, Ungangan, Unangany, アレウト語, アリュート語
Dialects & Varieties
- dialects: Attu (Western)
- Atka and Unalaska (Eastern). The present-day Aleuts are bilingual. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
- 2008)
Recent Resources
A list of sea lion parts in (Western) Aleut and English translations.
This deposit consists of audio and video recordings of speakers of Unangam Tunuu (Aleut language), s
Language Aleut (Western). ale_western_word-list_1996_01.html, entries: 36 - 56
Critically Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.
Bibliography of Context:
"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.