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Proto-Eskimoan language
Reconstructed ancestor of the Eskimo languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Phonology
According to the International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, "Eskimo languages show variation primarily in their phonology and lexicon, rather than in syntax." In addition, "Proto-Eskimo had four vowels */i a u ə/, but few or none of the long vowels or diphthongs found in the modern languages."[5]
See also
Wiktionary has a list of reconstructed forms at Appendix:Proto-Eskimo reconstructions
For a list of words relating to Danish language, see the Danish language category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
References
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