Inuit Languages and Dialects

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This study of the Eskimo and Aleut (or Eskaleut) languages of Alaska, northern Canada and Greenland, defines geographical distribution (including a map) and lists and discusses dialects, phonology, grammar, vocabulary, orthography and present state of the language.

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