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Map of the Pribilof Islands. The Pribilof Islands (formerly the Northern Fur Seal Islands; Aleut: Amiq, [1] Russian: Острова Прибылова, romanized: Ostrova Pribylova) are a group of four volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea, about 200 miles (320 km) north of Unalaska and 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Cape Newenham.
Aleut (/ ˈ æ l i uː t / AL-ee-oot) or Unangam Tunuu [3] is the language spoken by the Aleut living in the Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands, Commander Islands, and the Alaska Peninsula (in Aleut Alaxsxa, the origin of the state name Alaska). [4] Aleut is the sole language in the Aleut branch of the Eskimo–Aleut language family.
The Pribilof Islands has the highest number of active speakers of Unangam Tunuu. Most native elders speak Aleut, but it is rare for common people to speak the language fluently. Beginning in 1829, Aleut was written in the Cyrillic script. From 1870, the language has been written in the Latin script. An Aleut dictionary and grammar have been ...
St. Paul is located at (57.133806, −170.266614 [5]Saint Paul is the largest of the Pribilof Islands and lies the farthest north. With a width of 7.66 mi (12.33 km) at its widest point and a length of 13.5 mi (21.7 km) on its longest axis (which runs from northeast to southwest), it has a total area of 43 sq mi (110 km 2).
The language family is also known as Eskaleutian, or Eskaleutic. [2] The Eskaleut language family is divided into two branches: Eskimoan and Aleut. The Aleut branch consists of a single language, Aleut, spoken in the Aleutian Islands and the Pribilof Islands. Aleut is divided into several dialects.
In 1988 there were reparations of $12,000 given to the remaining internment camp survivors through the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restituition Act. [15] More information can be found in a documentary called “Aleut Story” [16] made in 2005 that tells about the Aleutian experience through internment camps/evacuation during World War II.
Aleut language, the language of the Aleut people; Alaska Peninsula, also called the Aleutian Peninsula, leading from the Alaska state mainland to the Aleutian Islands; Aleutian Range, a mountain range in Alaska; Aleutian Trench (or Aleutian Trough), a deep in the North Pacific Ocean at the western end of the Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association reports that Nikolski is thought to be one of the oldest continuously occupied communities in the world. Archaeological evidence from Ananiuliak Island, 5 km offshore in Nikolski Bay, dates human habitation to 8,500 years ago. [3]