Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: With Aleut Cognates – Second Edition

Description

An updated and comprehensive reference to the Aleut-Eskimo languages spoken from the northeastern tip of Siberia all the way east to Greenland| this easy-to-use volume groups related words from the modern Eskimo languages in comparative sets with their English equivalents. In total| ten dialects are covered–including five Inuit dialect groups| four Yup’ik languages| and Sirenikski–with Aleut cognates provided when possible. Separate sections are devoted to a grammatical overview| including demonstratives| inflectional endings| and derivational suffixes. Indices with both standard Eskimo spellings and English glosses enhance the usefulness of this volume.