Kyoto University On Initial Vowel Doubling in St. Lawrence Island Yupik

The Eskimo branch of the Eskimo-Aleut linguistic family consists of Inuit-Inupiaq, Sirenikski, which was spoken in Russia and is now almost extinct, and Yupik. While Inuit-Inupiaq constitutes a continuum of mutually intelligible dialects, Yupik can be divided into four languages: Central Alaskan Yup...

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Main Author: Kayo Nagai
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.605.3597
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Summary:The Eskimo branch of the Eskimo-Aleut linguistic family consists of Inuit-Inupiaq, Sirenikski, which was spoken in Russia and is now almost extinct, and Yupik. While Inuit-Inupiaq constitutes a continuum of mutually intelligible dialects, Yupik can be divided into four languages: Central Alaskan Yupik and Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik in Alaska, Naukanski in