Eskimo-Aleut

American  

[es-kuh-moh-uh-loot, -al-ee-oot] / ˈɛs kəˌmoʊ əˈlut, -ˈæl iˌut /

noun

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

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adjective

1. of or belonging to Eskimo-Aleut.

Example Sentences

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 • Oct. 2, 2015

Most linguists specializing in Native American languages do not discern large, clear-cut groupings other than Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

A controversial minority view is that of the linguist Joseph Greenberg, who groups all Native American languages other than Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene languages into a single large family, termed Amerind, with about a dozen subfamilies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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 "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond