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The Alutiiq language (also called Sugpiak, Sugpiaq,〔(List of Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) language resources )〕 Sugcestun,〔(Language in the USA ), Cambridge University Press, 1981〕 Suk,〔 Supik,〔〔 Pacific Gulf Yupik, Gulf Yupik,〔 Koniag-Chugach) is a close relative to the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language spoken in the western and southwestern Alaska, but is considered a distinct language. It has two major dialects: * Koniag Alutiiq: spoken on the upper part of the Alaska Peninsula and on Kodiak Island; was also spoken on Afognak Island before it was deserted in the wake of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. * Chugach Alutiiq: spoken on the Kenai Peninsula and in Prince William Sound. The ethnonyms of Sugpiaq-Alutiiq are a predicament.〔Medeia Csoba DeHass, (What is in a Name?: The Predicament of Ethnonyms in the Sugpiaq-Alutiiq Region of Alaska ). ''Arctic Anthropology''. January 2012 49:3-17 (= “Aleut,” “Alutiiq,” “Sugpiaq,” “Russian,” “Pacific Eskimo,” “Unegkuhmiut,” and “Chugach Eskimo” are all different names that have been used to identify the group of Native people living on the Lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska.)〕 About 400 of the Alutiiq population of 3,000 speak the Alutiiq language. Alutiiq communities are currently in the process of revitalizing their language. In 2010 the high school in Kodiak responded to requests from students and agreed to teach the Alutiiq language. The Kodiak dialect of the language was only spoken by about 50 persons, all of them elderly, and the dialect was in danger of being lost entirely.〔(Kodiak High School Adding Alutiiq Language Class ''Jacob Resnick KMXT/Alaska Public Radio Network 12-17-2010'' )〕 As of 2014, Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage is offering classes using the "Where Are Your Keys?" technique. == Vocabulary comparison == The comparison of number names in the two dialects: The comparison of month names in the two dialects: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alutiiq language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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