Eskimo languages in Asia, 1791 on, and the Wrangel Island-Point Hope connection

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Krauss, Michael E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Kolyma; Lawrence Island; Wrangel Island; Uelen; Point Hope; Chaplino; Naukan; Central Siberian Yupik; Chukchi; Chukotka; eskimo*; Études/Inuit/Studies; Inupiaq; Kolyuchin Bay; Siberian Yupik; Sirenik*; St Lawrence Island; Tchouktche*; Yupik
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/013938ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/013938ar

Merck’s statement about four “Sedentary Chukchi” (Eskimo) languages or language varieties along the coast of Chukotka in 1791 is thoroughly remarkable and worthy of careful interpretation. By his statement of their geographical distribution, the first three languages are very easy to identify, as 1)...