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OverviewWords in ten varieties of Eskimo are arranged in comparative sets with English equivalents. Related vocabulary in five Inuit dialect groups, four Yupik languages, and the nearly extinct Sirenikski of Siberia are compared, and related words in Aleut are include when possible. The Eskimo-Aleut language family is descended from the common Proto-Eskimo-Aleut, and its related languages are spoken in an unbroken chain stretching from Siberia to Greenland. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emeritus Professor Michael Fortescue (University of Copenhagen) , Steven Jacobson , Lawrence KaplanPublisher: Alaska Native Language Center Imprint: Alaska Native Language Center Dimensions: Width: 21.30cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 27.40cm Weight: 1.447kg ISBN: 9781555000516ISBN 10: 1555000517 Pages: 626 Publication Date: 01 August 1994 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock  Language: Aleut & English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMichael Fortescue is professor of linguistics at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the author of many books, including Language Relations Across the Bering Strait and From the Writings of the Greenlanders: Kalaallit Atuakklaannit. Steven Jacobson is professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His books include A Practical Grammar of the Central Alaskan Yup'ik Language and the Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary. Lawrence Kaplan is professor of linguistics and director of the Alaska Native Language Center. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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