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Proto-Eskimoan language
| Proto-Eskimoan | |
|---|---|
| Proto-Eskimo, Proto-Inuit-Yupik | |
| Reconstruction of | Eskimo languages |
| Era | by ca. 2000 BCE |
Reconstructed ancestor | |
| Lower-order reconstructions | |
Proto-Eskimoan, Proto-Eskimo, or Proto-Inuit-Yupik, is the reconstructed ancestor of the Eskimo languages.[1] It was spoken by the ancestors of the Yupik and Inuit peoples. It is linguistically related to the Aleut language, and both descend from the Proto-Eskaleut language.[2]
Comparative studies of Eskimo and Aleut languages suggest that the Proto-Eskimoan and Proto-Aleut languages diverged between 4000 and 2000 BCE.[3][4]
- ^ Fortescue, Michael, Steven Jacobson, and Lawrence Kaplan. 1994. Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Alaska Native Language Center.
- ^ BERGE, A. (2010). Origins of Linguistic Diversity in the Aleutian Islands. Human Biology, 82(5/6), 557-581. Retrieved from JSTOR 41466704
- ^ Bergsland, K. 1986. Comparative Eskimo- Aleut phonology and lexicon. J. Soc. Finno-Ougrienne 80:63-137.
- ^ Bergsland, K. 1989. Comparative aspects of Aleut syntax. J. Soc. Finno-Oug
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