Aleut Dictionary: Unangam Tunudgusii

by Knut Bergsland

Published by the Alaska Native Language Center, U. of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757680, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680. This comprehensive dictionary documents all the recorded vocabulary of the language spoken by the people who inhabit the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, the Aleutian Chain all the way to the Commander Islands near Kamchatka, and the Pribilof Islands to the north. Aleut place names and personal names, along with dialect locations and dates of attestation and sentence examples, are included. A General Introduction explains the Aleut sound system, writing system, and the difference between dialects. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Genres: Linguistics

739 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1994