Boas studied Inuit, one of the two main branches; the other is Yupik. Each has spawned many dialects, but uniting the family is a feature known as polysynthesis, which allows speakers to encode a ...

Image: DepositPhotos Wan chengpeng We were especially interested in testing the idea that Inuit languages have many ... Dena’ina and Central Alaskan Yupik, as well as Japanese and Scots.

We were especially interested in testing the idea that Inuit languages have many words ... Dena'ina and Central Alaskan Yupik, as well as Japanese and Scots. Scots includes terms such as doon ...

Boas studied Inuit, one of the two main branches; the other is Yupik. Each has spawned many dialects, but uniting the family is a feature known as polysynthesis, which allows speakers to encode a ...

The population of Russia's Yupik is in serious decline, delegates attending the Inuit Circumpolar Conference in Barrow, Alaska, were told Thursday. The international organization represents the ...

The name “Eskimo” has long been used by non-native groups to refer collectively to Inuit and Yupik people, according to the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska.

Many Native Alaskans still refer to themselves as Eskimos, in part because the word Inuit isn't part of the Yupik languages of Alaska and Siberia. But unless you're native to the circumpolar ...

Pamyua (bum-yo-ah) is a musical group that has gained worldwide recognition. Founded by Inuit Yup'ik African American brothers Phillip Kilirnguq Blanchett and Steven Qacungatarli Blanchett ...

A video of an Inuit woman revealing her view through snow ... people of the Alaskan region and can be traced back to the Yupik people, one of Alaska's indigenous inhabitants, according to a ...

p><p>The Kicaput (pronounced "gitch-ah-put") Singers and Dancers perform in traditional Yup'ik regalia, consisting of qaspeqs (a light overgarment), mukluks (calf-high boots made from seal skin, wolf, ...

There is no single "Eskimo" language. "Eskimo" is a loose term for the Inuit and Yupik peoples living in the polar regions of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Siberia. They speak a variety of ...