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On the Web
- Alaska Native Language Center: Comparative Yupik and Inuit - Phonological differences between the four Yupik (or Western Eskimo) languages of the Gulf of Alaska, southwestern Alaska, and easternmost Siberia, and the Inuit (or Eastern Eskimo) language continuum of northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.
- Counting Eskimo words for snow - Article by Anthony C. Woodbury explains meanings of various snow-related words in Central Alaskan Yupik.
- Inuktitut - Basic survey of the Inuktitut language.
- Alaska Native Languages - Clickable map to language information and local resources.
- Iñupiaq Dictionary - English/Iñupiaq translation engine, spellchecker, and fonts. Also includes background about the language and the creation of the dictionary.
- Arctic Languages - An Awakening - Unesco publication describing the present state of Arctic languages and the changes that have taken place in social attitudes in the Arctic regions since the Second World War (PDF format).
- Alaskool: Many Tongues - Ancient Tales - Article by Michael E. Krauss discussing whether American languages came from Asia and the links between specific families.
- Alaska Native Languages: Inupiaq - Discusses the differences among the various dialects, and between other related languages.
Wikipedia Articles
- Eskimo-Aleut languages - Eskimo-Aleut is a language family native to Greenland, the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, and parts of Siberia. Also called Eskaleut (Eskaleutian, Eskaleutic), Eskimoan or Macro-Eskimo, it consists of the Eskimo languages (known as Inuit in the north of Alaska, Canada and Greenland, and as Yupik/Yup'ik in western and southwestern Alaska and in Siberia), and the single Aleut language of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands.
- Aleut language - Aleut (Unangam Tunuu) is a language of the Eskimo-Aleut language family. It is the tongue of the Aleut () people living in the Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands, and Commander Islands.