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Alaskan Russian, known locally as Old Russian, is a dialect of Russian, influenced by Eskimo–Aleut languages, spoken in what is now the U.S. state Alaska since the Russian colonial period. Today it is prevalent on Kodiak Island and in Ninilchik (Kenai Peninsula), Alaska; it has been isolated from other varieties of Russian for over a century. [1]
As Russia was the first country to colonize Alaska, Russian words for goods or objects that were new to Native Alaskans were adopted into their native languages. For example, kofe (coffee) and chay (tea) are Russian words that have been added to the vocabularies of the Unangan (Aleut), Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), and Yup'ik .
The first recording of the Aleut language in lexicon form appeared in a word list of the Unalaskan dialect compiled by Captain James King on Cook's voyage in 1778. At that time the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg became interested in the Aleut language upon hearing of Russian expeditions for trading.
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Eskaleut languages are spoken in Russia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland The Eskaleut ( / ɛ ˈ s k æ l i uː t / e- SKAL -ee-oot ), Eskimo–Aleut or Inuit–Yupik–Unangan [ 1 ] languages are a language family native to the northern portions of the North American continent, and a small part of northeastern Asia.
Alaska Native Languages American Indians and Alaska Natives in Alaska. Below is a full list of the different Alaska Native or Native Alaskan peoples, who are largely defined by their historical languages (within each culture are different tribes):
Alaskan Russian society was characterized by multilingualism and multiculturalism. Generally three languages were used: Church Slavonic was used for religion; for official and educational purposes, Russian was used; Alaska Native languages were used for colloquial purposes. Specific usage of each language depended on the locale within Alaska ...
Russian Old Believers Church in Nikolaevsk Alaskan Russians may refer to Alaskan Creole people , an ethnic group native to Alaska; or Old Believers , a community of religious Russians who settled in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, notably Nikolaevsk; or Russian Americans in Alaska.