Eskimo-Aleut

[ es-kuh-moh-uh-loot, -al-ee-oot ]

noun

1. a family of languages, consisting of Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut.

adjective

1. of or belonging to Eskimo-Aleut.

Example Sentences

The researchers also study how these ancient peoples are related to modern populations who speak Eskimo-Aleut, Na-Dene and other languages.

From Nature

This tangled family tree underpins the ancestry of modern speakers of indigenous Na-Dene and Eskimo-Aleut languages.

From Science Magazine

With the exception of the Eskimo-Aleut language family of the American Arctic and the Na-Dene language family of Alaska, northwestern Canada, and the U.S.

From Literature

Plenty, as Sandra Bullock dodges flying space junk, wrestles with knotty parachute tethers, regrets her inability to speak Eskimo-Aleut, feels the G-force of explosive decompression, and splashes down into the primeval mud.

From The Guardian

Eskimo-Aleut speakers derive more than 50% of their DNA from what the researchers call "First Americans", and the Chipewyan around 90%.

From BBC